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whitish
CIDE DICTIONARY
whitish, a. [From White.].
- Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree. [1913 Webster]
- Covered with an opaque white powder. [1913 Webster]
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whitish
Whiteness
N whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.For further exploring for "whitish" in Webster Dictionary Online