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right-angled |
right-angled triangle |
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right-hand
| right-hand man
| right-handed
| right-handed pitcher
| right-handedness
| right-hander
right-hand
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective right-hand has 3 senses
- right-hand(s = adj.all) Array - located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn"
- right-hand(s = adj.all) right - intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove"
- right-hand(s = adj.all) Array - most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"
CIDE DICTIONARY
right-hand, a.
- Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road. [1913 Webster]
- Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable. [1913 Webster]"Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop." [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
right-hand
Auxiliary
N auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.
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