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Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..

Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Complimentary; courteous.

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

Pair :: Pair (v. t.) To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say..

Light-handed :: Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

Cotangent :: Cotangent (n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole..

Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum..

Complementary :: Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments.

Man :: Man (v. t.) To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort..

Coversed Sine :: Coversed sine () The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Complemental :: Complemental (a.) Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.

Naked :: Naked (a.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth..

Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite..

Set :: Set (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc..

Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness..

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