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1Complemental — Com ple*men tal, a. 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. Complemental ceremony. Prynne. [1913 Webster] 2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] {Complemental air} (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100… …
2Complemental air — Complemental Com ple*men tal, a. 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. Complemental ceremony. Prynne. [1913 Webster] 2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] {Complemental air} (Physiol.), the air… …
3Complemental males — Complemental Com ple*men tal, a. 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. Complemental ceremony. Prynne. [1913 Webster] 2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] {Complemental air} (Physiol.), the air… …
4complemental — index concomitant, correlative, mutual (reciprocal), reciprocal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5complemental term — index correlate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6complemental — adjective a) Of the nature of a complement; completing. I have no skill in ceremonious letters, which have no other substance, but a faire contexture of complemental phrases and curteous words. b) Complementary …
7complemental — complementary, complemental *reciprocal, correlative, corresponding, convertible Analogous words: complementing, supplementing (see corresponding verbs under COMPLEMENT n): completing, finishing (see CLOSE vb): related, associated (see JOIN)… …
8complemental air — noun : the quantity of air (about 3000 cubic centimeters) that can be inhaled in addition to one s tidal air * * * complemental air, = complementary air. (Cf. ↑complementary air) …
9complemental — adjective Date: 1597 1. relating to or being a complement 2. obsolete ceremonious, complimentary …
10complemental male — the small, usually degenerate (except for gonads) male which lives attached to the female, e.g. some Ceratioidei. Also and less preferably called parasitic male …
