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Small White

Definition: Small White

Small White

Noun

1. Small widely distributed form.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Small White

Synonym: Pieris rapae (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Small White

Specialty definitions using "small white": GIFTS. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Small White

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Small White

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Small White Boiler Onions in the produce section of Giant Foods in Dumfries, VA. Credit: USDA.

Ship's officers and crew on deck, in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65. Photographed by Matthew Brady. One man is playing the banjo in the foreground, another is holding a small white dog, while others are reading newspapers. Men seated in center appear to be peeling potatoes. Many crewmen are wearing their "flathats" in the style of berets. About a fifth of this ship's crew appear to be African-Americans. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Small White

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

So the child flew away like a bird, and, making bare her small white feet, went pattering along the moist margin of the sea.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It was a tilbury drawn by a small white horse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Small White

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Lymphoid precursors develop into the small white blood cells called lymphocytes. (references)

The organs of the immune system are known as lymphoid organs because they are home to lymphocytes, small white blood cells that are key components of the immune defenses. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

The country's small white minority and other minorities participate freely in the political process. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Small White

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "small white".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
OphelN/ABiblical

Small white cloud

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expression: Small White

Expression using "small white": small white aster. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Small White

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dog small white

6

flower small white

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Small White

Language Translations for "small white"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

lille kaalsommerfulg (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

klein koolwitje (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

naurisperhonen (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), kotipihlaja (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries, mountain ash, rowan, rowan tree). (various references)

   

French

  

sorbier des oiseleurs (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries), piéride de la rave (small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), peride du chou (small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), cormier des oiseleurs (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries), chenille du chou (small cabbage-white, small white butterfly). (various references)

   

German

  

Vogelbeerbaum (mountain ash, rowan tree, rowan-tree), Ruebenweissling (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), kleiner Kohlweissling (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), Gemeine Eberesche (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries, mountain ash, rowan, rowan tree). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πιερίδα των γογγυλίων (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sorbo selvatico (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries, mountain ash, rowan, rowan tree), sorbo di bosco (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries, mountain ash, rowan, rowan tree), rapaiola (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), pieride della rapa (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allsmay itewhay

   

Portuguese

  

sorveira-dos-passarinhos (a Eurasian tree(Sorbus asucuparia)with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries, mountain ash, rowan, rowan tree). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pequeña mariposa blanca de la col (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), mariposa pequeña de la col (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rovfjäril (cabbage butterfly, common cabbage worm, common white, imported cabbage worm, small cabbage-white, small white butterfly), rönn (mountain ash, mountain-ash, mountin ash, Rowan). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Small White

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-m-s-t-w"

-3 letters: atheism, halites, hamlets, heliast, lethals, mallets, millets, sawmill, tailles, tallies, tallish, wallets, wallies, wealths, whistle, willets.

-4 letters: allies, almehs, awhile, emails, halest, halite, hamlet, haslet, hiemal, illest, lamest, lathes, lathis, latish, lethal, listel, mailes, maills, mallei, mallet, mashie, mesial, metals, milles, millet, misate, miseat, saithe, sallet, saltie, samiel, samite, samlet, sheila, shelta.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Small White


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6D 61 6C 6C      57 68 69 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101101 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01010111 01101000 01101001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#109 &#97 &#108 &#108 &#32 &#87 &#104 &#105 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006D 0061 006C 006C      0057 0068 0069 0074 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537967787825774758671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Names: Derived from
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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