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Straightedge :: Straight (v. t.) To straighten.

Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account..

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..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Diorthotic :: Diorthotic (a.) Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion..

Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn..

Jim-crow :: Jim-crow (n.) A machine for bending or straightening rails.

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

Uncurl :: Uncurl (v. t.) To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly..

Comb :: Comb (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place..

Plucker :: Plucker (n.) A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

Extensor :: Extensor (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor..

Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

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

Peen :: Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge..

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