Friday 5th of December 2008

Lighthouse Keeper
1: the keeper of a lighthouse

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1: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: correct] [ant: incorrect, incorrect]

2: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" [ant: left]

3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct]

4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" [ant: wrong]

5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: correct] [ant: wrong]

6: appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" [syn: proper, suitable]

7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant: left, center]

8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"

9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: {right(a)}, {right-hand(a)}]

10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: correct]

11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"

12: of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" [syn: {right(a)}]

13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good, ripe] n

14: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

15: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"

16: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" [ant: left]

17: a turn to the right; "take a right at the corner"

18: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged [syn: right wing]

19: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: rightfulness] [ant: wrong, wrong]

20: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" [syn: right hand]

21: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right [syn: right field] adv

22: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"

23: immediately; "she called right after dinner"

24: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: flop]

25: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: left]

26: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, the right way] [ant: improperly]

27: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right on]

28: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"

29: (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place" [syn: mighty, powerful]

30: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly]

31: in a correct manner; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, aright] [ant: incorrectly, incorrectly] v

32: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: compensate, redress, correct] [ant: wrong]

33: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"

34: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"

35: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: correct, rectify] [ant: falsify]

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