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noun

(1) The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

"She separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"

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, from , from . Compare Greek .

Noun

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

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Albumen was the winning word at the 4th Scripps National Spelling Bee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee