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Adjective: laevorotatory  ,lee-vu'row-tu,to-ree [N. Amer], ,lee-vu'row-tu-t(u-)ree [Brit]
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: levorotatory)
  1. (Chemistry) rotating polarized light to the left
    - levorotary [US], levorotatory [N. Amer], left-handed

See also: anticlockwise [Brit], contraclockwise [non-standard], counterclockwise [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Laevorotatory

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lady-slipper
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laelia
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laetrile
laevo-
laevorotatory
laevulose
Lafayette
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Laffer curve
Laffite
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Lafora's disease
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lag bolt
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