the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
a member of the Caucasoid race
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
United States architect (1853-1906)
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
Australian writer (1912-1990)
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
(of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you"
glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
of or relating to infection; "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally
perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"