| 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 |
killing
kill
putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
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 |
putt
putting | hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter, his putting let him down today, he didn't sink a single putt over three feet |
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 |
putter
putting iron | the iron normally used on the putting green |
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) |
green
putting green
putting surface | an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course, the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker |
| 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 |
| off-putting | tending to repel, The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile- Elizabeth Hess |
| straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
| straight-billed | having a straight beak |
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 |
| straight | not homosexual |
straight
unbent
unbowed | erect in posture, sit straight, stood defiantly with unbowed back |
| straight-legged | having straight legs |
| off-putting | causing annoyance or repugnance, an off-putting remark |
c priggish
prim
prissy
prudish
puritanical
square-toed
straitlaced
strait-laced
straightlaced
straight-laced
tight-laced
victorian | exaggeratedly proper, my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts |
outright
straight-out
unlimited | without reservation or exception |
| straight | having no deviations, straight lines, straight roads across the desert, straight teeth, straight shoulders |
| straight | free from curves or angles, a straight line |
uncoiled
straight | no longer coiled |