| straight-arm | (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent |
| straight ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party |
straight and narrow
strait and narrow | the way of proper and honest behavior, he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow |
| straight hang | a hang performed on the rings or parallel bars with the body erect and the arms at the sides |
| straight poker | poker in which each player gets cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards |
lunge straight thrust
passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
flat arch
straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
straightaway
straight | a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse |
straight chair
side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
straight flute
straight-fluted drill | a rock drill with flutes that are straight |
| straight pin | pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end, used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together |
| straight razor | a razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for use |
straight sinus
tentorial sinus
sinus rectus | an unpaired sinus of the dura mater |
| straight face | a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement |
| straight flush | a poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit |
| straight | a poker hand with consecutive cards (regardless of suit) |
| straight chain | an open chain of atoms with no side chains |
heterosexual
heterosexual person
straight person
straight | a heterosexual person, someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex |
square shooter
straight shooter
straight arrow | a frank and honest person |
straight man
second banana | a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian |
straight-line method
straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life |
whole life insurance
ordinary life insurance
straight life insurance | insurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insured |
| straight angle | an angle ofdegrees |
| straight line | a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction, a line of zero curvature, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line |
| straight | in keeping with the facts, set the record straight, made sure the facts were straight in the report |
| straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
| straight-billed | having a straight beak |
unilateral
one-sided | involving only one part or side, unilateral paralysis, a unilateral decision |
multilateral
many-sided | having many parts or sides |
bilateral
two-sided | having two sides or parts |
quadrilateral
four-sided | having four sides |
| five-sided | having five sides |
| six-sided | having six sides |
| seven-sided | having seven sides |
| eight-sided | having eight sides |
| nine-sided | having nine sides |
| ten-sided | having ten sides |
| eleven-sided | having eleven sides |
| twelve-sided | having twelve sides |
trilateral
triangular
three-sided | having three sides, a trilateral figure |
| many-sided | full of variety or interest, a many-sided personality |
straight
consecutive | successive (without a break), sick for five straight days |
square
straight | rigidly conventional or old-fashioned |
| straight | following a correct or logical method, straight reasoning |
neat
straight
full-strength | without water, took his whiskey neat |
blunt
candid
forthright frank
free-spoken
outspoken
plainspoken
point-blank
straight-from-the-shoulder | characterized by directness in manner or speech, without subtlety or evasion, blunt talking and straight shooting, a blunt New England farmer, I gave them my candid opinion, forthright criticism, a forthright approach to the problem, tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank, it is possible to be outspoken without being rude, plainspoken and to the point, a point-blank accusation |
square(a)
straightforward
straight | without evasion or compromise, a square contradiction, he is not being as straightforward as it appears |
| straight-grained | of timber, having fibers that run in parallel |
true
straight | accurately fitted, level, the window frame isn't quite true |
| straight | (of hair) having no waves or curls, her naturally straight hair hung long and silky |