complemental
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On the males and complemental males of certain Cirripedes, and on rudimentary structures.
From Life of Charles Darwin by Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)
It appears that the method, when adopted at all, was considered to belong to the complemental and merely decorative parts of a picture.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
It is a well-known optical fact that the color of shadow is complemental to that of light: and that therefore, in general terms, warm light has cool shadow, and cool light hot shadow.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
I have done nothing which has interested me so much as Lythrum, since making out the complemental males of Cirripedes.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
By so living together a wise husband and a loving wife will soon discover that they two are but complemental to each other—like the Will and Understanding of one individual.
From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell
