Dictionary Entry
sinistral
sinistral is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.
- 2adjective
Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
- 3adjective
of or on the left
"a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"
"a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"
- 4adjective
preferring to use left foot or hand or eye
"sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"
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