| straight chair |
an unupholstered chair with a straight back, often with straight legs and arms. |
| straightedge |
a flat, rigid strip or bar with one long edge straight enough to use for testing or drawing straight lines. |
| straighten |
to make or become straight. [2 definitions] |
| straight face |
a facial expression showing no emotion, esp. one concealing a desire to laugh. |
| straight flush |
a poker hand of five cards of the same suit in sequence, ranking above all other hands. |
| straightforward |
honest, frank, and trustworthy. [4 definitions] |
| straightjacket |
variant of straitjacket. |
| straight-laced |
variant of strait-laced. |
| straight man |
an actor or entertainer who serves as a comedian's foil, usu. delivering lines to which the comedian responds with a joke. |
| straight-out |
thoroughgoing, complete, or total. [2 definitions] |
| straight pin |
a pin made of a piece of stiff steel wire about one or two inches long, with a sharp point at one end and a small head at the other, used chiefly in sewing. |
| straight razor |
a razor with a single stiff steel blade that folds into a handle. |
| straight ticket |
in U.S. politics, a ballot on which a voter has voted for candidates of only one party. (Cf. split ticket.) |
| straight time |
the standard or customary number of work hours established for a particular work setting. [2 definitions] |
| straightway |
without delay; straightaway. |
| strain1 |
to pull or stretch to a high degree of tension. [16 definitions] |
| strain2 |
all the descendants of a common ancestor; race. [4 definitions] |
| strained |
produced by straining. [3 definitions] |
| strainer |
a device used for straining or filtering. [2 definitions] |
| strait |
a narrow channel of water between two larger bodies. [2 definitions] |
| straiten |
to impose hardships, restrictions, or limitations, esp. financial ones, on. |