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
He falls in love, not so much with what is ideally lovable in a woman, but what is practically complemental to his own nature.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
The word "great" in his code should have been "gage," and its complemental words "of battle."
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
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
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
