直

plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

direct infection

right-angle prism

Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

anorectal

straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is

Computing

direct address

analytical balance; direct reading balance

direct-reading balance; direct-reading scales

Mahjong

to declare rīchi; to wager a rīchi bet

to measure over again; to reweigh

repairing clogs; clog repairer

to change direction

Photography

retake

vertical tabulation; VT

steadily

crown colony

immediate shipment

direct competition

direct method

direct fire

Grammar

direct object

vertical international specialization (specialisation)

direct-current circuit