complemental
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Body of the above complemental male, consisting of the thorax supporting the four pairs of limbs, and of the terminal abdominal lobe.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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
It is easy to see that intellectually, as well as physically, men and women are complemental, and when the conclusions arrived at are identical they become confirmatory of each other.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus
No; the response must be in kind to be truly complemental.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean
In a happy marriage these differences become complemental, rendering possible that superior unity in which the two are made one.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus
