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   dextral

   /ˈdɛkstr(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. of or on the right side or the right hand.
   • ▪ right-handed.
   • ▪ relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is towards the right.
   • ▪ (of a spiral mollusc shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in an anticlockwise direction.

   noun

   • 1. a right-handed person.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin dextralis, from Latin dextra ‘the right hand’, from dexter ‘on the right’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dextrality noun
   • 2. dextrally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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