dexter

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Dex=ter

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dexter, adj. esp. Heraldry on or of the right-hand side (the observer's left) of a shield etc.

dexter, n.
1 an animal of a small hardy breed of Irish cattle.
2 this breed.

Etymology

19th c.: perh. f. the name of a breeder

THESAURUS

dexter

astarboard, auspicious, benign, bright, clockwise, conservative, dextrad, dextral, dextrally, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, fortunate, off, on the right, propitious, reactionary, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish, rightward, rightwardly, rightwards, starboard, to the right, white

ROGET THESAURUS

dexter

Dextrality

N dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside, starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally, dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside, starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally.