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Sinistral

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sinisterEvil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
left-handednounUsing one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
sinistrorse(botany) Turning to the left (of the observer) as it grows taller.
sinistrorsalRising spirally from right to left (of the observer)

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dextralnounOf or pertaining to the right side

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sinistrorse(botany) Turning to the left (of the observer) as it grows taller.
sinistrorsalRising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
left-handedUsing one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
sinisterEvil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
leftDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
coilingnounThe pattern or motion of something that coils.
weftsnoun(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
sinistrolateral(anatomy) On the left side of, toward the animal or human's left.
sinistrodextralMoving or directed from the left to the right.
leftwise(rare) By a leftward path; leftwards, leftwardly; anticlockwise, counterclockwise.
sidenounA bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
leftwardTo or from the left.
sinistroverseWritten from right to left.
insidenounThe interior or inner part.
sinistroposterior(anatomy) sinister and posterior
dextrorsenounGrowing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller.
sinistroventralnoun(anatomy) sinister and ventral
contralateral(anatomy) On the opposite side of the body.
dextrosinistralMoving or directed from the right to the left.
introrsenoun(botany) Facing or turned inwards or towards an axis.

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