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white adjective

  /waɪt/ , /ʍaɪt/
  • Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
 vit, vitt
  • (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
 vit, ljushyad, ljushyllt
  • (chiefly, historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
  • Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
  • (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
  • (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
 vit

white noun

  /waɪt/ , /ʍaɪt/
  • A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
  • (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
 vit
  • The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
 vitt, vit

whiting noun

  /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/ , /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/
  • A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
 vitling

whiteness noun

  /ˈwaɪtnəs/ , /ˈʍaɪtnəs/
  • (statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise.
 vithet

whites noun

  /(h)waɪts/
  • Linen, especially laundry, that is white.
 underkläder
lesser white-fronted goose
fjällgås
great white shark
vithaj
white-tailed eagle
havsörn
black-and-white
svartvit
white dwarf
vit dvärg
white wagtail
sädesärla
white blood cell
leukocyt, vit blodkropp
snow-white
snövit
white stork
vit stork
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