blanco-3
white.
When appropriate, give 'col.' for multicoloured objects, or name the colour(s) of the object if it is in one or two colours, or give 'b&w' for black and white objects; e.g., 1 bowl : porcelain, blue and white.
águila de cabeza blanca
bald eagle
The dominant scavengers at all locations were magpies, bald eagles, golden eagles, turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, black bears, and probably elk and bison also participated in scavenging.
armario de la ropa blanca [Usado en inglés americano] [Usado en el inglés británico]
linen closet
linen cupboard
Most linen closets are typically located in or near bathrooms and/or bedrooms.
The bursting linen cupboard is characteristic of the late 19th century, since people used their linen to decorate interiors.
ballena blanca
beluga whale
beluga
Beluga whales eat many different kinds of fish including capelin, cod, and smelt.
Arctic belugas migrate southward in large herds when the sea freezes over.
bandera blanca
white flag
The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and request for negotiation.
bata blanca
white coat
white robe
The men in white coats will put you in the booby hatch where you belong someday.
The white robe worn by the priest at Mass has great significance, both Scripturally and historically.
blanco-amarillento
white-yellowish
This is a laparoscopy revealing diffuse white-yellowish pin-head sized milliary nodules over the whole visceral and peritoneal wall.
blanco como el papel
deathly white
deathly pale
green around the gills
green about the gills
yellow around the gills
She has black hair, deathly white skin and a wardrobe that is blacker than looking down a mineshaft.
He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.
The Longton pub scene may not be dead, but it is a bit green around the gills.
Steve was still sweating and he looked more than a bit green about the gills, but the expression on his face was determined and hard.
On the upside, I spent yesterday with my grandson - he is a fresh baby, still yellow around the gills but eating, pooping and peeing just like he should.
blanco como la cera
waxen
He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.
blanco como la nieve
snow-white
spotlessly white
as white as snow
as white as a sheet (of paper)
as white as a ghost
A flock of snow-white doves were flying back and forth across it, and one sat upon the window's ledge and cooed.
Everybody's teeth are spotlessly white when they begin to grow.
He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow.
Again, it's very rare to find people whose skin tones are as white as a sheet of paper.
When I finally got across the street to him, he was as white as a ghost, looking like he had seen something very out of the ordinary.
blanco como la pared
deathly white
deathly pale
as white as snow
as white as a sheet (of paper)
as white as a ghost
green around the gills
green about the gills
yellow around the gills
She has black hair, deathly white skin and a wardrobe that is blacker than looking down a mineshaft.
He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.
He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow.
Again, it's very rare to find people whose skin tones are as white as a sheet of paper.
When I finally got across the street to him, he was as white as a ghost, looking like he had seen something very out of the ordinary.
The Longton pub scene may not be dead, but it is a bit green around the gills.
Steve was still sweating and he looked more than a bit green about the gills, but the expression on his face was determined and hard.
On the upside, I spent yesterday with my grandson - he is a fresh baby, still yellow around the gills but eating, pooping and peeing just like he should.
blanco como una sábana
as white as a sheet (of paper)
as white as snow
as white as a ghost
green around the gills
green about the gills
yellow around the gills
Again, it's very rare to find people whose skin tones are as white as a sheet of paper.
He covered the roof with tiles, installed new waterwheels and grinding stones, and produced flour that was white as snow.
When I finally got across the street to him, he was as white as a ghost, looking like he had seen something very out of the ordinary.
The Longton pub scene may not be dead, but it is a bit green around the gills.
Steve was still sweating and he looked more than a bit green about the gills, but the expression on his face was determined and hard.
On the upside, I spent yesterday with my grandson - he is a fresh baby, still yellow around the gills but eating, pooping and peeing just like he should.
blanco del ojo
white of + Posesivo + eye
As for her, she could not look at him without blushing to the whites of her eyes, and could not live for an instant without looking at him.
blanco hueso
off-white
This is a hard-boiled oyster egg, painted with off-white polka dots.
blanco roto
off-white
This is a hard-boiled oyster egg, painted with off-white polka dots.
blanco sepulcral
deathly white
She has black hair, deathly white skin and a wardrobe that is blacker than looking down a mineshaft.
blanco y negro
black & white
I am faced with cataloging a rather large collection of black & whiteprints for a local historical society.
caballero blanco
white knight
knight in shining armour
He was seen as the white knight who saved the school by transforming it from 'the armpit of the district' to a good school.
The article is entitled 'Virtual libraries in Africa: a dream, or a knight in shining armour'.
campanilla blanca
snowdrop
England has a wealth of wild flowers including snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells, primroses, buttercups and cowslips.
carne blanca
white meat
So, it seems that people who mostly eat white meat consumed about 2 fold less total meat than people who eat red meat.
carta blanca
carte blanche
blank cheque [blank check, -USA]
A licence is not a carte blanche to unrestricted copying.
The reputation of the present prime minister was also tarnished by confirmation that it was his practice to sign blank cheques.
Casa Blanca, la
White House, the
In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House - or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
cedro blanco
white cedar
Each coaster has a white cedar base with a silkscreen on recycled paper and coated for waterproofing.
cheque en blanco
blank cheque [blank check, -USA]
The reputation of the present prime minister was also tarnished by confirmation that it was his practice to sign blank cheques.
ciervo de cola blanca
white-tailed deer
However, meningeal worm has not been identified in white-tailed deer or caribou in western North America.
con la mirada en blanco
blankly
James had stared at her rather blankly.
darle a Alguien carta blanca [Darle a alguien libertad para que haga lo que crea necesario]
give + Nombre + a blank cheque
The chief librarian was given a blank cheque to get the library back on its feet.
darle a Alguien un cheque en blanco [Darle a alguien libertad para que haga lo que crea necesario]
give + Nombre + a blank cheque
The chief librarian was given a blank cheque to get the library back on its feet.
dejar en blanco
leave + blank
For our selection this field is left blank.
demonio blanco
white devil
The article is entitled 'The Bermuda Library - of books, and blooms, and little white devils'.
de pelo blanco
white-haired
The author analyzes the scriptural symbolism in an illustrated initial depicting the Crucifixion, focusing on the significance of a white-haired and bearded Christ.
de piel blanca
white-skinned
White-skinned people with blue eyes aren't just responsible for the current crisis; the blue-eyed palefaces are responsible for saddling the world with a financial system that has a built-in tendency to crash.
de punta en blanco
dressed (up) to the nines
spic(k)-and-span
in full regalia
Dressed to the nines, the three characters shimmer like tropical fish beached in the desert.
'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug = "De punta en blanco" es una comedia que examina cómo los individuos se enfrentan a la muerte en una sociedad que prefiere ocultar las cosas.
This detailed and hand-finished Athena statue shows the warrior Goddess in full regalia with sword and snake shield.
elefante blanco [Propiedad u objeto que es caro de mantener y no sirve para mucho]
white elephant
It is preferable to be thorough, perhaps embarrassed and a nuisance before purchase rather than to be sold a 'white elephant'.
enarbolar la bandera blanca
raise + the white flag
The Iraqi army still cannot give the order to put down weapons and to raise white flags.
en blanco [Adjetivo]
blankly
blank
James had stared at her rather blankly.
By the seventeenth century it was becoming common to protect the title page with an initial blank leaf; which in turn, by the eighteenth century, often had a short-title printed on it (the half-title) = En el siglo XVII era cada vez más normal proteger la portada con una hoja en blanco inicial sobre la que en el siglo XVIII frecuentemente se imprimía un título breve (la anteportada).
en blanco y negro
b&w (black and white)
When appropriate, give 'col.' for multicoloured objects, or name the colour(s) of the object if it is in one or two colours, or give 'b&w' for black and white objects; e.g., 1 bowl : porcelain, blue and white.
espacio en blanco [Nombre]
blank
blank space
The space bar inserts a space (blank) on the screen and, at the same time, moves the cursor one space to the right.
Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
espacio en blanco final
trailing blank
In this figure, the character 'b' is used to indicate beginning or trailing blanks which belong the ISBD punctuation.
espacio en blanco inicial
beginning blank
In this figure, the character 'b' is used to indicate beginning or trailing blanks which belong the ISBD punctuation.
espino blanco
whitethorn
The hawthorn or whitethorn is very popular in Irish countryside hedges.
estar sin blanca
not have a bean
And considering the fact that my parents didn't have a bean, how could my father have had a fountain pen that was expensive enough to pawn?.
expresión en blanco
blank expression
blank look
His unnamed protagonist is a squat little bookstore clerk of blank expression and deadpan movements.
The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard.
fósforo blanco
white phosphorous
Incendiary devices or incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires using materials such as napalm, thermite, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus.
glóbulo blanco
white blood cell
Clear fluid called lymph flows through the lymphatic vessels and contains infection-fighting white blood cells known as lymphocytes.
gran tiburón blanco
great white shark
Great white sharks are an enigma, as scientists are still trying to unravel the mysterious lifestyle of these denizens of the deep.
herida de arma blanca
stab wound
Stab wounds are caused most obviously by knives, but are also caused by bayonets and swords, as well as scissors and screwdrivers.
judía blanca
haricot bean
Laia and Pau have eaten a big plate of haricot beans and botifarra, a delicious Catalan sausage.
Libro Blanco [Informe del gobierno en el que hace público sus ideas sobre un tema determinado antes de presentar un proyecto de ley en el parlamento]
White Paper
The UK Government's White Paper on the National Health Service (NHS) recommends a radical overhaul of the NHS in terms of its management.
mente + quedarse en blanco
mind + go blank
If there is a lot of people I start getting anxiety attacks and, like you, my mind goes blank - I can't think or move.
mostaza blanca
white mustard
These properties can be applied to the determine the medicinal value of extracts from rapeseed, rapeseed oil and white mustard.
negro sobre fondo blanco
black on white
Input of data into a record may be onto a preformatted screen, perhaps with reverse video (black on white) characters for the field names and with space next to each field name for the data.
noche en blanco
sleepless night
'Sleepless nights redux' is a follow-up article to a presentation on book and serial acquisitions entitled 'Things that keep me awake at night'.
pasar la noche en blanco
not sleep a wink (all night long)
I'm so excited I bet I won't sleep a wink all night.
personas de piel blanca, las
fair skinned, the
Research has also found that the fair skinned Eurocentric model is the somatic norm for advertising.
pescado blanco
whitefish
They serve a range of Spannish dishes like a heart of lettuce served with filet of whitefish and fresh vegetables.
piel blanca
fair skin
Freckles are caused by exposure to sunlight, especially on those with fair skin.
pino blanco
white pine
Whereas, before, the land was dense with stately white pines, now apple, plum, pear, peach, and cherry orchards stood in regimented rows and cattle grazed peacefully.
plan blanco
white bread
The author, a dietitian, distinguishes fact from fiction with statements regarding a variety of foods - potatoes, honey, carrots, lemon and grapefruit juices, white bread, garlic, red meat and oranges.
poner los ojos en blanco
roll + Posesivo + eyes
Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.
ponerse blanco
turn + white
whiten
'Oh, Jeanne!' she said, turning white, 'I have to speak to you'.
He is a small, slender man, with a pencil-thin moustache and whitening, scanty hair.
quedarse en blanco
go + blank
mind + go blank
black out
A program should always tell the operator what it is doing once an instruction has been given: there is nothing more nerve-wracking than to enter a command and have the screen go totally blank!.
If there is a lot of people I start getting anxiety attacks and, like you, my mind goes blank - I can't think or move.
My monitor screen keeps blacking out.
ropa blanca
whites
This type of bleach is gentle enough to pour directly on your bleachable whites.
sin blanca
broke
penniless
skint
out-of-pocket
out-at-(the)-elbows
The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
Now he lives penniless near a beautiful lake surrounded by rainforest and teeming with waterfowl.
How does it feel to be skint in a world that seems to be obsessed with money and riches?.
Manchester City leave the bookies out of pocket and three things we learned about betting from the weekend.
Nature meant him for a slipshod, shambling Bohemian - happy, out-at-the-elbows, always in debt, always irresponsible, and always pursued by duns and bailiffs.
sustancia blanca
white matter
The author discusses the development of the brain in terms of grey and white matter.
tabla en blanco
blank slate
tabula rasa
The philosopher John Locke asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate, or tabula rasa, and empty of ideas.
The philosopher John Locke asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate, or tabula rasa, and empty of ideas.
tablero en blanco
blank slate
tabula rasa
The philosopher John Locke asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate, or tabula rasa, and empty of ideas.
The philosopher John Locke asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate, or tabula rasa, and empty of ideas.
tener carta blanca
have + carte-blanche
Medical people, guidance counselors, career advisors, and the like now seem to have carte-blanche to take children from classes as and when they please.
tiburón blanco
white shark
Large white sharks will also scavenge on the carcasses of whale sharks, and on the fat-rich blubber layer of dead whales.
trébol blanco
white clover
Farmers recognise the significant limitations in the ability of white clovers to cope with summer droughts.
vertir de punta en blanco
doll up
Woo dumped her controlling brain surgeon boyfriend a few months back claiming he spent more time in the mirror dolling himself up than she did.
vestirse de punta en blanco
tog out
tog up
Coach Franny Kelly and all players are requested to be togged out and on he pitch by 8pm on both nights.
Many guards view the detainees as criminals and get togged up in riot gear prepared to use force in situations best controlled by simply talking to people.
