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Ortho- :: Ortho- () A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic..

Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..

Straightforth :: Straightener (n.) One who, or that which, straightens..

Alineation :: Alineation (n.) Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun..

Right :: Right (adv.) In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide..

Recti- :: Recti- () A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved..

Forthrightness :: Forthrightness (n.) Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.

Vibration :: Vibration (n.) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever..

Actinophorous :: Actinophorous (a.) Having straight projecting spines.

Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center..

Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..

Tangent :: Tangent (a.) meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces..

Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top..

Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Right :: Right (a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.

Perk :: Perk (v. t.) To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head..

Perpendicle :: Perpendicle (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.

Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..

Soutane :: Soutane (n.) A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock..

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