regular vs straight

regular

adj
  • Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. 

  • Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular. 

  • Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. 

  • Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape. 

  • Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). 

  • Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. 

  • Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. 

  • Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. 

  • Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. 

  • Riding with the left foot forward. 

  • Isometric. 

  • Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size 

  • Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other. 

  • Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. 

  • Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. 

  • Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity. 

noun
  • A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows. 

  • A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment. 

  • A member of an armed forces or police force. 

  • A frequent customer, client or business partner. 

  • A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls. 

  • A coffee with one cream and one sugar. 

  • A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month. 

  • A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve). 

  • Anything that is normal or standard. 

straight

adj
  • Thorough; utter; unqualified. 

  • Direct, undeviating. 

  • Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. 

  • Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party. 

  • Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people). 

  • Strait; narrow. 

  • Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable. 

  • Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. 

  • 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). 

  • Not plus size; thin. 

  • In proper order; as it should be. 

  • Heterosexual. 

  • Serious rather than comedic. 

  • Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others. 

  • Related to conventional sexual intercourse. 

  • Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding. 

  • Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. 

  • Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. 

  • In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive. 

  • Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. 

  • Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. 

  • Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward. 

adv
  • Directly; without pause, delay or detour. 

  • Continuously; without interruption or pause. 

  • Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly. 

  • Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. 

noun
  • A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments. 

  • Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track. 

  • Five cards in sequence. 

  • A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. 

  • A heterosexual. 

  • A normal person; someone in mainstream society. 

verb
  • To straighten. 

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