Distrait :: Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Overstraitly :: Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.

Strait :: Straint (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

Strait :: Strait (a.) A variant of Straight.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.

Strait :: Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage.

Strait :: Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw..

Strait :: Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.

Strait :: Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits..

Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..

Strait-jacket :: Strait-handed (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..

Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..

Straitened :: Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties.

Straitening :: Straitened (imp. & p. p.) of Straite.

Straitly :: Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.

Straitness :: Straitly (adv.) Closely; intimately.

Straits :: Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

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