complemental
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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
In the parasitic complemental male of S. vulgare, I also most plainly saw spermatozoa.
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
The higher complemental parts, which are parallel to animal life, move more quickly, but yet without melodious connection and significant progress.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
The large relative size of the rostrum in the complemental male both of this species and of S. Peronii, is a remarkable character, which I can in no way account for.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
