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 |
pneumatic tire pneumatic tyre | a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air, used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc |
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 |
tire tyre | hoop that covers a wheel, automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air |
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) |
Sur Tyre | a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea, formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks |
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 |
Jones Bobby Jones Robert Tyre Jones | United States golfer (-) |
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 |