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Look up: Straight

  1. Straight
    Straight is slang for a heterosexual.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. 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 fact 9. [adj] - following a correct or logical method 10. [adj] - successive (without a break) 11. [adj] - right 12. [adv] - in a straight line 13. [n] - a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. 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

  4. 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

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

  6. 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 the use of chromium salts,and 'straight dyed' indicates colouring solely by immersion in a dye bath ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Straight
    Definition (keystage 3) Not curved. A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  8. 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

  9. Straight
    Straight adjective [ Compar. Straighter ; superl. Straightest .] [ Middle English strei...t , properly past participle of strecchen to stretch, Anglo-Saxon streht , past participle of streccan to stretch, to extend. See Stretch .] 1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  10. 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 it, It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.» Addison. « Everything was going on straight ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/206

  11. 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

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

  13. 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 only one which is straight.' (Dryden) ... 2. <b ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. straight
    consecutive adjective successive (without a break); `sick for five straight days`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. straight
    unbent adjective erect in posture; `sit straight`; `stood defiantly with unbowed back`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. straight
    adjective right; in keeping with the facts; `set the record straight`; `made sure the facts were straight in the report`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. straight
    adjective neatly arranged; not disorderly; `the room is straight now`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. straight
    adjective following a correct or logical method; `straight reasoning`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. straight
    adjective not homosexual
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. straight
    adverb in a straight line; in a direct course; `the road runs straight`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. straight
    noun a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. Straight
    `Straight` is a term which may commonly refer to: * the quality or state of extending in one direction without turns, bends or curves; or being without influence or interruption * the personal character of displaying honesty or fairness * Straight, a poker hand containing five cards in sequential order * expression for a heterosexual person (as an antonym to queer or gay), see also straight acting. * a type of punch used in boxing, also common...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight

  23. 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 as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  24. straight
    Having no deviations. A straight line is usually simply called a line. A straight angle, or flat angle, is exactly 180°.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  25. 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


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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