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- English Word Dexter Definition On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side.
- English Word Dexterical Definition Dexterous.
- English Word Dexterity Definition Right-handedness.
- English Word Dexterity Definition Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.
- English Word Dexterity Definition Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
- English Word Dexterous Definition Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
- English Word Dexterous Definition Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
- English Word Dexterous Definition Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.
- English Word Dexterously Definition In a dexterous manner; skillfully.
- English Word Dexterousness Definition The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.
- English Word Dextrad Definition Toward the right side; dextrally.
- English Word Dextral Definition Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
- English Word Dextrality Definition The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.
- English Word Dextrally Definition Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.
- English Word Dextrer Definition A war horse; a destrer.
- English Word Dextrer Definition A war horse.
- English Word Dextrin Definition A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.
- English Word Dextro- Definition A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right
- English Word Dextro- Definition having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.
- English Word Dextrogerous Definition See Dextrogyrate.
- English Word Dextroglucose Definition Same as Dextrose.
- English Word Dextrogyrate Definition Same as Dextrorotatory.
- English Word Dextronic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid.
- English Word Dextrorotary Definition See Dextrotatory.
- English Word Dextrorotatory Definition Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.
- English Word Dextrorsal Definition Alt. of Dextrorse
- English Word Dextrorse Definition Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory.
- English Word Dextrose Definition A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.
- English Word Dextrous Definition Alt. of Dextrousness
- English Word Dextrously Definition Alt. of Dextrousness