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Look up: Straight

  1. straight
    [adj] - neatly arranged 2. [adj] - honest and morally upright 3. [adj] - without curves 4. [adj] - having no deviations 5. [adj] - erect in posture 6. [adj] - (informal) not homosexual 7. [adj] - (of hair) having no waves or curls 8. [adj] - reliable in matters of ...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Straight
    Straight (fertiliser) is one which contains only one nutrient e.g. nitogen or potash as opposed to a compound which contains more than one.
    Found on http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/gl

  3. Straight
    A hand in which the player has five cards in rank order, regardless of suit. For example, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen.
    Found on http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-Gl

  4. Straight
    In Poker, five consecutive denomination cards of different suit.
    Found on http://www.jackpot.co.uk/gambling-glossa

  5. straight
    a straight length of road between two curves Category: Building industry • prefixed to the name of a tanning process or colouring process,indicates that only the process thus specified has been employed in the manufacture of the leather.Thus 'straight chrome' indicates tannage solely by ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Straight
    Straight adjective A variant of Strait , adjective [ Obsolete or R.] « Egypt is a long country, but it is straight , that is to say, narrow.» Sir J. Mandeville.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  7. Straight
    Straight adjective [ Compar. Straighter ; superl. Straightest .] [ Middle English strei...t , properly past participle of strecchen to stretch, Anglo-Saxon streht , pas...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  8. Straight
    Straight adverb In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. 'Floating straight .' Shak. « I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the appearance of dishonor on ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  9. Straight
    Straight noun (Poker) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  10. Straight
    Straight transitive verb To straighten. [ R.] A Smith.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  11. straight
    1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber. 'And the crooked shall be made straight.' (Isa. Xl. 4) 'There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. straight
    consecutive adjective successive (without a break); `sick for five straight days`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. straight
    unbent adjective erect in posture; `sit straight`; `stood defiantly with unbowed back`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. straight
    adjective right; in keeping with the facts; `set the record straight`; `made sure the facts were straight in the report`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. straight
    adjective neatly arranged; not disorderly; `the room is straight now`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. straight
    adjective following a correct or logical method; `straight reasoning`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. straight
    adjective not homosexual
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. straight
    adverb in a straight line; in a direct course; `the road runs straight`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. straight
    noun a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. Straight
    • (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. • (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. • (v. t.) To straighten. • (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. straight
    A hand where the five cards have consecutive values, e.g. 4-5-6-7-8 or 10-J-Q-K-A, or A-2-3-4-5. A straight can not go "over the ace", however, as in Q-K-A-2-3.
    Found on http://www.cardschat.com/poker/guide/glo

  22. Straight
    Straight is slang for a heterosexual.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Straight
    Straight is slang for a heterosexual.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  24. Straight
    Unmixed or undiluted. See also Neat.
    Found on http://www.whisky-pages.com/about.shtml

  25. Straight
    In Poker, five consecutive denomination cards of different suit.
    Found on http://www.jackpot.co.uk/gambling-glossa



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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