Definition of straight

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Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush..

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Gemsbok :: Gemsbok (n.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..
Divergency :: Divergency (n.) A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines..
Parabola :: Parabola (n.) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account..
Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line..
Estoile :: Estoile (n.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet..
Rocket :: Rocket (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
Straightways :: Straightway (adv.) Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
Rule :: Rule (a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler..
Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
Estramacon :: Estramacon (n.) A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries..
Cue :: Cue (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..
Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Linear :: Linear (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged..
Subcutaneous :: Subcultrated (a.) Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other..
Ramline :: Ramline (n.) A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel..
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