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White vs. Wite — Which is Correct Spelling?

White vs. Wite — Which is Correct Spelling?

Which is correct: White or Wite

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Wite

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White Definitions

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of fresh snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black.
The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast.
The albumen of an egg.
The white part of an eyeball.
A blank or unprinted area, as of an advertisement.
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Whites Pieces of laundry having a white or nearly white color.
Whites White pants or a white outfit of a special nature
Tennis whites.
Whites The white dress uniform of the US Navy or Coast Guard.
A white wine.
A white pigment.
A white breed, species, or variety of animal.
Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae, characteristically having chiefly white wings often with black markings.
Also White A member of a racial group having light-colored skin, especially when of European origin and in some classifications also when of Middle Eastern or North African origin.
Often whites Products of a white color, such as flour, salt, and sugar.
The white or light-colored pieces, as in chess.
The player using these pieces.
The outermost ring of an archery target.
A hit in this ring.
Whites(Medicine) Leukorrhea.
White A member of a conservative or counterrevolutionary faction, especially one opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war.
Being of the color white; devoid of hue, as new snow.
Weakly colored; almost colorless; pale
White wine.
Pale gray; silvery and lustrous
White hair.
Bloodless; blanched.
Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names.
Also White Of or belonging to a racial group of people having light-colored skin, especially when of European origin, and in some classifications also when of Middle Eastern or North African origin
Voting patterns within the white population.
Habited in white
White nuns.
Accompanied by or mantled with snow
A white Christmas.
Incandescent
White flames.
Intensely heated; impassioned
White with fury.
White Of or relating to a conservative or counterrevolutionary faction, especially one opposing the Bolsheviks in the Russian civil war.
With milk added. Used of tea or coffee.
(Archaic) Unsullied; pure.
(Printing) To cover or make illegible with white coloring. Often used with out.
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
Designated for use by Caucasians.
White drinking fountain
White hospital
Relatively light or pale in colour.
White wine
White grapes
White birch
Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
Affected by leucism.
(of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
Honourable, fair; decent.
Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
(archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
(obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
(politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
(of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
(typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
(typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare said of a character or symbol filled with color.
Characterised by the presence of snow.
A white Christmas
A white Easter
(of a set of armor) Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.
The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
White wine.
White coffee
(countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
(anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
The cue ball in cue games.
Cocaine
The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
A white bean
(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
(transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; - the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
White as the whitest lily on a stream.
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!They come! they come!"
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear.
No whiter page than Addison's remains.
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Your high engendered battles 'gainst a headSo old and white as this.
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
Come forth, my white spouse.
I am his white boy, and will not be gullet.
Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
A pistol charged with white powder.
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.
So as no fuller on earth can white them.
A member of the Caucasoid race
The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Australian writer (1912-1990)
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
United States architect (1853-1906)
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
(board games) the lighter pieces
(usually in the plural) trousers
Turn white;
This detergent will whiten your laundry
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 or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration;
Voting patterns within the white population
Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied;
In shining white armor
Marked by the presence of snow;
A white Christmas
The white hills of a northern winter
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
Glowing white with heat;
White flames
A white-hot center of the fire
Benevolent; without malicious intent;
White magic
A white lie
That's white of you
Of a surface; not written or printed on;
Blank pages
Fill in the blank spaces
A clean page
Wide white margins
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
Dressed (or especially habited) in white;
White nuns
(of hair) having lost its color;
The white hairs of old age
Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;
A face turned ashen
The invalid's blanched cheeks
Tried to speak with bloodless lips
A face livid with shock
Lips...livid with the hue of death
Lips white with terror
A face white with rage
Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets;
White nights

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