taint vs white

taint

verb
  • To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally. 

  • To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. 

  • To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting. 

  • To thrust ineffectually with a lance. 

  • To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it. 

  • To be affected with incipient putrefaction. 

  • To spoil (food) by contamination. 

  • To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks. 

noun
  • A tinge, trace or touch. 

  • A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish. 

  • A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks. 

  • A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food. 

  • A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. 

  • An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. 

  • The perineum. 

white

verb
  • To make white; to whiten; to bleach. 

noun
  • Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae. 

  • The sclera, white of the eye. 

  • The cue ball in cue games. 

  • The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten. 

  • White wine. 

  • Cocaine 

  • A white bean 

  • A white pigment. 

  • The albumen of bird eggs (egg white). 

  • The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf. 

  • A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. 

  • White coffee 

  • A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade. 

  • The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot. 

  • The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. 

adj
  • Alwhite, pertaining to white armor. 

  • Affected by leucism. 

  • Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. 

  • Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. 

  • The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour. 

  • Characterised by the presence of snow. 

  • Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned. 

  • Not containing characters; see white space. 

  • Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian. 

  • Containing cream, milk, or creamer. 

  • Relatively light or pale in colour. 

  • Honourable, fair; decent. 

  • Made from immature leaves and shoots. 

  • Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”). 

  • Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin. 

  • Designated for use by Caucasians. 

  • Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary. 

  • Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements. 

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