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noun
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
adj
adj
noun
- One who promotes sexual freedom.
- (usually with a hyphenated prefix) Someone with a specified type of sexuality.
- One who is very sexual; A person who is very lusty.
- (botany) One who believes that plants reproduce by sexual reproduction, especially one who accepts the sexual classification method of Linnaeus.
name
- Homosexuality.
- Gout.
- Football (soccer) hooliganism.
- Gambling.
- Depression (especially suicidal).
- Syphilis.
- Laziness; low motivation.
- Bronchitis.
- Haemophilia.
- Sweating sickness.
- Hypochondria.
- Poor industrial relations and the resulting economic weakness.
- Tuberculosis.
- Rickets.
- Masochism, especially a fondness for flagellation.
noun
- A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people of multiple genders, but with different patterns of attraction for different genders, as opposed to pansexuality, which in this usage means gender is not a factor.
- Pansexuality.
verb
- To be sexually oriented.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To turn in a different direction.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- have a certain musical rhythm
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- influence decisively
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- hang loosely
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
noun
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (theater) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- The act, or an instance, of swinging.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
adj
noun
adj
- of or relating to or characterized by sexuality
- having or involving sex
- involved in a sexual relationship
- Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.
- (LGBTQ, of a person, rare) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.
- (biology) Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.
- Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
- Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.
noun
prefix
- (LGBTQ) Straight, heterosexual.
- Asymmetric in shape.
- Other, by another.
- Opposite in direction or position.
- Inconsistent, irregular, or intermittent.
- Alternating.
- (organic chemistry) Heterocyclic: a cyclic compound with multiple elements in its ring. The non-carbon atoms are known as heteroatoms.
- Across, spanning multiple distinct kinds of the root, different.
- (transplantation) Outside; Synonym of xeno-.
- Varied, heterogeneous; a set that has variety with respect to the root.
- (chemistry) A heterogeneous mixture.
noun
adj
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
adj
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
verb
noun
adj
- (LGBTQ, of a person) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- (chiefly social sciences, of sexual desire or activity) Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.
- (LGBTQ, uncommon, chiefly Canada) LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.
- (chiefly biology, sociology, psychology) Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.
adj
- having an ambiguous sexual identity
- sexually attracted to both sexes
- (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
- (of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)
- (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
- Androgynous.
- (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
- (chiefly biology) Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
- (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
- (rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.
- (chiefly biology) Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
noun
adj
- having an ambiguous sexual identity
- having unsuitable feminine qualities
- (biology and figuratively) Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.
- (by extension) Indeterminate; mixed.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
- (by extension, usually derogatory) Of a man: effeminate.
- (by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
noun
- one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
- (by extension, usually derogatory) An effeminate man.
- (by extension) A transsexual; also, a transvestite.
- (linguistics) An epicene word; preceded by the: the epicene words of a language as a class.
- (biology and figuratively) An epicene person, whether biologically asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; an androgyne, a hermaphrodite.
adj
noun
verb
prefix
- (LGBTQ) Not asexual; attracted to others.
- (chemistry, biology) An arbitrary member of a heterogenous-but-interrelated group.
- (pathology) Abnormal, defective with respect to the root.
- Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root.
- External, outside, or from a separate location.
- Unconventional, unusual, or unexpected.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Synthetic, artificial.
- (immunology) Alloimmunity; (biology, medicine, transplantation) transplantation of cells or tissues from one person to another.
- (biology, medicine) Nonself; nonself but of the same species.
- (linguistics) Alternative, variant in form.
- (ethology) Alloparenting: parenting behaviours between animals who are not parent and child.
- (chemistry) a diastereomer having the same configuration on four neighboring chiral carbon atoms as carbohydrate allose.
- Changed or modified.
- (chemistry) Isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized.
- (chemistry, mineralogy) Impure in composition.
- Variety, heterogeneity.
- (genetics) Hybridization of multiple species.
noun
- Initialism of genders and sexualities alliance.
- (incest) Initialism of genetic sexual attraction.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of general sales agreement, a contact between an airline and a travel company to provide customer service in a region where the airline does not have an office.
- Initialism of gay-straight alliance: a student-run society for discussion of issues relating to sexual orientation.
- Initialism of general sales agent, the travel company having such an agreement.
- a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
name
adj
name
noun
- (geometry) Initialism of side side angle, a geometric proof reason.
- Initialism of same-sex attraction.
- (engineering) Initialism of specific surface area.
- (management) Initialism of supervisory special agent.
- (finance) Initialism of supranationals, sub-sovereigns and agencies (“bond market segment”).
- Initialism of special security agreement.
- an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
prefix
- (LGBTQ) Pansexual or pansexuality.
- Unification of a social group; the political movement to unify said group.
- Ubiquitous, widespread. The root indicates what is widespread rather than the area in which it is widespread.
- Representing or covering a given social group.
- Entire, whole; the entirety of the root object or category.
- Spanning the entirety of a set which may not be countable; its members may not be clearly distinguished from each other.
- Universal, everything, all that can be imagined.
- Encompassing, including all, or involving all.
- Throughout an area indicated by the root.
- Every member of a countable set.
- All.
- Most, nearly all, effectively all in quantity.
noun
- (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
- (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- the act of orienting
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
- a predisposition in favor of something
noun
- A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people of multiple genders, but with different patterns of attraction for different genders, as opposed to pansexuality, which in this usage means gender is not a factor.
- Pansexuality.
noun
adj
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
adj
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
verb
noun
adj
- (LGBTQ, of a person) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- (chiefly social sciences, of sexual desire or activity) Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.
- (LGBTQ, uncommon, chiefly Canada) LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.
- (chiefly biology, sociology, psychology) Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.
noun
- Initialism of genders and sexualities alliance.
- (incest) Initialism of genetic sexual attraction.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of general sales agreement, a contact between an airline and a travel company to provide customer service in a region where the airline does not have an office.
- Initialism of gay-straight alliance: a student-run society for discussion of issues relating to sexual orientation.
- Initialism of general sales agent, the travel company having such an agreement.
- a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
name
verb
- To be sexually oriented.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To turn in a different direction.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- have a certain musical rhythm
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- influence decisively
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- hang loosely
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
noun
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (theater) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- The act, or an instance, of swinging.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
adj
adj
noun
- One who promotes sexual freedom.
- (usually with a hyphenated prefix) Someone with a specified type of sexuality.
- One who is very sexual; A person who is very lusty.
- (botany) One who believes that plants reproduce by sexual reproduction, especially one who accepts the sexual classification method of Linnaeus.
adj
noun
adj
- of or relating to or characterized by sexuality
- having or involving sex
- involved in a sexual relationship
- Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality.
- (LGBTQ, of a person, rare) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct.
- (biology) Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate.
- Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
- Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact.
noun
adj
- having an ambiguous sexual identity
- sexually attracted to both sexes
- (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
- (of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)
- (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
- Androgynous.
- (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
- (chiefly biology) Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
- (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
- (rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.
- (chiefly biology) Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
noun
adj
- having an ambiguous sexual identity
- having unsuitable feminine qualities
- (biology and figuratively) Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.
- (by extension) Indeterminate; mixed.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
- (by extension, usually derogatory) Of a man: effeminate.
- (by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
noun
- one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
- (by extension, usually derogatory) An effeminate man.
- (by extension) A transsexual; also, a transvestite.
- (linguistics) An epicene word; preceded by the: the epicene words of a language as a class.
- (biology and figuratively) An epicene person, whether biologically asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; an androgyne, a hermaphrodite.
adj
noun
verb
adj
name
noun
- (geometry) Initialism of side side angle, a geometric proof reason.
- Initialism of same-sex attraction.
- (engineering) Initialism of specific surface area.
- (management) Initialism of supervisory special agent.
- (finance) Initialism of supranationals, sub-sovereigns and agencies (“bond market segment”).
- Initialism of special security agreement.
- an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
adj
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
verb
noun
adj
- (LGBTQ, of a person) Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- (chiefly social sciences, of sexual desire or activity) Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.
- (LGBTQ, uncommon, chiefly Canada) LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.
- (chiefly biology, sociology, psychology) Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.