| 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. |
| straitjacket |
a restraining device shaped like a jacket, in which the sleeves are bound behind the wearer's back, preventing use of the arms and hands. [3 definitions] |
| strait-laced |
tightly bound by morality, convention, or received opinion; strict or prudish. |
| strake |
a single continuous line of planking or metal plating that extends the entire length of a ship's hull from stem to stern. |
| stramonium |
a coarse, foul-smelling weed with trumpet-shaped white or lavender flowers, prickly fruit, and poisonous leaves; jimson weed. [2 definitions] |
| strand1 |
to beach, or leave behind on the shore. [5 definitions] |
| strand2 |
a length of fibers, threads, filaments, wires, or hairs braided or twisted together to form yarn, rope, cable, or the like. [5 definitions] |
| strange |
unusual; curious; odd. [3 definitions] |
| stranger |
a person with whom one is unacquainted. [4 definitions] |
| strangle |
to kill by stopping the breathing of, esp. by squeezing shut the windpipe; choke. [3 definitions] |