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English Dictionary: right-handed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for right-handed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right-handed adj using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" Antonym(s): ambidextrous, left-handed, two-handed rotating to the right Synonym(s): dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, right-handed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Righthanded \Right"*hand`ed\, a. 1. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left. 2. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of {Scalaria}. {Right-handed screw}, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.