CONTRACLOCKWISE

anticlockwise, counterclockwise, contraclockwise

(adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

contraclockwise (not comparable)

counterclockwise

Adjective

contraclockwise (not comparable)

counterclockwise

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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