Crossword-Solution: DEXTROROTATORY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dextrorotatory | a. | Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “DEXTROROTATORY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Turning clockwise | 1 answer |
| CLOCKWISE | 5 answers |
| CLOCKWISE STARTER | 10 answers |
| COMBINING FORMS CLOCKWISE | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEXTROROTATORY (4)
Sucrose is dextrorotatory, but since fructose has a greater specific rotatory action to the left than glucose has to the right, the mixture resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose is levorotatory.
They are strongly dextrorotatory (specific rotatory power +192° to +196°); are not fermented by yeast alone, but readily undergo hydrolysis to glucose which does ferment.
This latter property is remarkable, as most of them are compounds of the strongly dextrorotatory _d_-glucose.
Most of the alkaloids contain asymmetric carbon atoms and are, therefore, optically active, usually levorotatory, although a few are dextrorotatory.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1987).