| ace-high |
in poker, with an ace as the highest card, as in a straight or flush. |
| align |
to form into a straight line. [1/6 definitions] |
| 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; awry. [1/2 definitions] |
| asymptote |
in mathematics, a straight line that approaches but never meets a curve. |
| 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.) |
| bangs |
a straight-cut fringe of hair across the forehead. |
| bent1 |
not straight; curved or crooked. [1/6 definitions] |
| 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. |
| 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(outdated; no longer in scientific use) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of members of a human racial group originating in Europe, North Africa, western Asia, and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] |
| chord1 |
the straight line connecting the front and back edges of an airfoil. [1/3 definitions] |
| collinear |
lying in the same straight line. [2 definitions] |
| curved |
having the shape of a curve; not straight or angular. |
| cycloid |
in geometry, a curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that is rolling along a straight line. [1/3 definitions] |
| cylinder |
in geometry, a surface or volume described by a straight line tracing a closed curve, esp. a circle, at a fixed angle, usu. a right angle, in two parallel planes. [1/5 definitions] |
| dead center |
the maximum or minimum extension of a crank and connecting rod in a reciprocating engine, in which both are in a straight line and the connecting rod cannot turn the crank. [1/2 definitions] |
| deflect |
to turn aside or slant away from a straight course; swerve. |
| derecho |
a severe and destructive weather event in which an expansive windstorm moves rapidly across a large area in a relatively straight line, generally accompanied by intense thunderstorms. |
| diameter |
in geometry, a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and having its ends on the circumference or surface. [1/3 definitions] |