Definition of whitish

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Whitish (a.) Covered with an opaque white powder.

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Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Whitishness :: Whitishness (n.) The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.
Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce..
Sea Pork :: Sea pork () An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
Krait :: Krait (n.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish..
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
Whitish :: Whitish (a.) Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses.
Albescent :: Albescent (a.) Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Albescence :: Albescence (n.) The act of becoming white; whitishness.
Lurg :: Lurg (n.) A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches..
Nerve :: Nerve (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body..
Granulite :: Granulite (n.) A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite..
Tokay :: Tokay (n.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Sandiver :: Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall..
Coquina :: Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida..
Milky :: Milky (a.) Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. Milky juice..
Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc..
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