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Whiteness

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

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Alabaster 76% connected

A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carve…

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Bleach 76% connected

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

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Bone 76% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

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Chalk 76% connected

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common l…

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Cleanness 76% connected

The state or quality of being clean.

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Frostiness 76% connected

State or quality of being frosty.

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Hoariness 76% connected

The state of being hoary.

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Ivory 76% connected

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness a…

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Pearl 76% connected

A fringe or border.

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Complexion 76% connected

The state of being complex; complexity.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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White 74% connected

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 sno…

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White 74% connected

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 sno…

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Innocence 92% connected

The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pureness 92% connected

The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Purity 92% connected

The condition of being pure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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White 92% connected

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 sno…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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