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| anticyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of high barometric pressure, moving clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing cool, dry weather. (Cf. cyclone.) |
| azimuth |
an arc measured horizontally and clockwise from a point north, in navigation, or a point south, in astronomy, to another point where a vertical circle intersects the horizon. [1/2 definitions] |
| backgammon |
a board game in which each of two opponents throws dice and tries to move several pieces clockwise around and eventually off the board. |
| cyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of low barometric pressure, moving counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing destructive storms. (Cf. anticyclone.) [1/2 definitions] |
| east |
one of the four major points of direction on the compass, ninety degrees clockwise from north. [1/7 definitions] |
| north |
one of the four major points of direction on the compass, ninety degrees clockwise from west. [1/6 definitions] |
| right-handed |
made to turn or spiral clockwise, from left to right, as a screw. [2/5 definitions] |
| south |
one of the four major points of direction on the compass, ninety degrees clockwise from east. [1/6 definitions] |
| sunwise |
in the direction of the apparent motion of the sun; left to right, or clockwise. |
| swastika |
such a symbol, with clockwise arms, used to represent the German Nazi Party and the Third Reich. [1/2 definitions] |
| west |
one of the four major points of direction on the compass, ninety degrees clockwise from south. [1/8 definitions] |
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