The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BLEACHING , but the solution may also be CANESCENCE which is one of the most recent solution (1955 in New York Times).
Whitening crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLEACHING | 50 % | 9 |
| CANESCENCE | 50 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whitening
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lightening
- blanching
- bleaching
- laundry
- laundering
- aml
- bleach
- legalization
- legalizing
- money-laundering
- whitener
- whiteners
Crossword Answer definitions
BLEACHING verb- To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
- To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
- (of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
- To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
- The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
- The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
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