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. |
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] |