Whiten: alternatives and connections

A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…

One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.

One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.

A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United…

A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring…

To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.

Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of…

To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia.

To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.

The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel wh…

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.