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| ace-high |
in poker, with an ace as the highest card, as in a straight or flush. |
| align |
to place or arrange in a straight line. |
| alignment |
the act of arranging, adjusting, or forming into a straight line, logical sequence, or coordinated system. [2/4 definitions] |
| arabesque |
a ballet position in which the dancer stands on one leg and extends the other backward with a straight knee, with the body slightly bent and the arms in extended positions. [1/4 definitions] |
| askew |
not straight; crooked. [1/2 definitions] |
| asymptote |
in mathematics, a straight line that approaches but never meets a curve. |
| attention |
a way in which a person stands in the military, with the body straight, the legs and feet together, and the eyes looking forward. [1/4 definitions] |
| axis |
a straight line that serves as the unmoving center about which a body or figure turns. [2/4 definitions] |
| backstretch |
the straight portion of a racetrack following the first turn. (Cf. homestretch.) |
| bamboo |
a tropical grass plant that has hard, woody, hollow stalks. Bamboo stalks grow straight and tall, and very quickly. Many kinds of bamboo grow as high as a tree. [1/2 definitions] |
| bangs |
hair cut straight across the forehead. |
| beeline |
the most direct course, usu. traveled quickly. |
| bend |
to cause something that was straight to have the shape of a curve or angle. [1/4 definitions] |
| bent1 |
not straight; curved. [2 definitions] |
| bighorn |
a wild sheep found in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The male has large, curved horns; the female has short, straight horns. They are also called Rocky Mountain sheep. |
| blended whiskey |
a blend of two straight whiskeys, or of one with neutral spirits in which the hundred-proof straight whiskey constitutes at least twenty percent of the combined volume. |
| bow2 |
a long, thin, straight piece of wood with hairs from horses stretched between the ends. It is used for playing the violin and other stringed instruments. [1/4 definitions] |
| brace |
(usually plural) metal wires and bands attached to the teeth to make them straight and bring them into proper position. [1/2 definitions] |
| bristle |
to make the bristles stand up straight in fright or anger. [1/4 definitions] |
| cartwheel |
a sideways somersault with the arms and legs held out straight like the spokes of a wheel. [1/2 definitions] |
| Caucasoid |
(outdated; no longer in scientific use) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of members of a human racial group originating in Europe, North Africa, western Asia, and India, generally characterized by fair to brown skin and straight to curly hair of any color. [1/2 definitions] |
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