complemental
Example Sentences
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Neoteinic: applied to complemental females in Termites because, though reproductive, they retain some juvenile characters.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
If we could get hold of a complemental critic, a critic who saw what the age did not see, and who saw rightly what the age mistook, we should have a critic of inestimable value.
From The English Constitution by Bagehot, Walter
No; the response must be in kind, to be truly complemental.
From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean
Forms of poetry are complemental to each other, and one who tries to be merely dramatic without appreciating the lyric spirit becomes theatric.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
The word "great" in his code should have been "gage," and its complemental words "of battle."
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
