counterclockwise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

counterclockwise
    adv 1: in a direction opposite to the direction in which the
           hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a
           circle!" [syn: {counterclockwise}, {anticlockwise}] [ant:
           {clockwise}]
    adj 1: in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of
           a clock [syn: {counterclockwise}, {anticlockwise},
           {contraclockwise}] [ant: {clockwise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adj. & adv.
   in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a
   clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; --
   of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of
   {clockwise}, or {right-handed}

   Note: [Narrower terms: {sinistral} {levororotary,
         levorotatory}]

   Syn: left-handed.
        [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterclockwise":
      a rebours, a reculons, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear,
      around, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, backward, backwards,
      clockwise, earthward, fro, head over heels, heavenward,
      heels over head, hindward, hindwards, homeward, in a circle,
      in a spin, in a whirl, in circles, in reverse, landward, larboard,
      leeward, left, left-hand, left-wing, left-wingish, leftward,
      levorotatory, liberal, near, nigh, port, radical, rearward,
      rearwards, retrad, rightward, round, round about, round and round,
      seaward, sinister, sinistral, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular,
      sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, widdershins, windward

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