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- complainant/kəmˈpleɪnənt/A person who makes a formal complaint or brings a charge against someone in a legal, civil, or official proceeding.nounC1
- complaint/kəmˈpleɪnt/A statement that you are unhappy or dissatisfied about something, often with the aim of achieving a solution.nounHigh
- complaisance/kəmˈpleɪz(ə)ns/A willingness to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest.nounLow
- compleat angler, the/kəmˌpliːt ˈæŋɡlə/The title of a famous 17th-century book by Izaak Walton, often used to refer to a masterful, dedicated, and knowledgeable fisherman who embodies the ideal of pastoral recreation, patience, and skill.nounC2 (Extremely Low Frequency / Literary/Idiomatic)
- complect/kəmˈplɛkt/To interweave, intertwine, or connect closely.verbverb-transitiveVery Low / Obsolete
- complection/kəmˈplɛkʃ(ə)n/A mistaken or non-standard word, often used in error for 'complexion'.nounVery Low
- complement/ˈkɒm.plɪ.ment/Something that completes, makes whole, or brings to perfection.nounverbverb-intransitive+1B2
- complement clause/ˈkɒmplɪmənt ˌklɔːz/A subordinate clause that completes the meaning of a verb, adjective, or noun in the main clause by acting as its object, subject, or predicative complement.nounC2
- complement fixation/ˈkɒmplɪmənt fɪkˈseɪʃən/The binding and activation of serum complement proteins by an antigen-antibody complex, a key step in immune defense.nounC2 (very low frequency, highly technical)
- complement-fixation test/ˈkɒmplɪmənt fɪkˈseɪʃən ˌtest/A laboratory blood test that detects antibodies by measuring the binding of complement proteins to antigen-antibody complexes.nounVery Low
- complementarity/ˌkɒmplɪmenˈtærəti/A state or relationship where two or more different things enhance each other's qualities or complete a whole by being contrasting yet interdependent.nounC2
- complementarity principle/ˌkɒmplɪmenˈtærɪti ˈprɪnsɪpəl/A fundamental concept in physics, particularly quantum mechanics, stating that objects possess pairs of complementary properties (like position and momentum) which cannot be simultaneously measured with full precision.nounC2
- complementary/ˌkɒmplɪˈment(ə)ri/Combining well to form a whole, each supplying what is lacking in the other; relating to a relationship of mutual completion.adjectivenounC1
- complementary angle/ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri ˈæŋɡ(ə)l/One of two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees (a right angle).nounTechnical
- complementary base/ˌkɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i ˈbeɪs/A nucleotide base in a nucleic acid that pairs with another specific base through hydrogen bonding.nounLow
- complementary cells/ˌkɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i sɛlz/In botany, intercellular spaces found in the bark of some plants, formed by the enlargement or separation of parenchyma cells, aiding in gas exchange.plural-nounC2
- complementary color/ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri ˈkʌlə/A color that, when combined with another specific color in the right proportion, produces a neutral color (like gray, white, or black). On a traditional color wheel, complementary colors are directly opposite each other.nounMedium
- complementary colour/ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri ˈkʌlə/One of a pair of colours that, when combined in additive colour mixing (like light) or placed side-by-side in subtractive mixing (like pigments), produce a neutral colour like grey, white, or black, and which are opposite each other on the colour wheel.nounC1
- complementary distribution/ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n/A phonological relationship where two variants of a linguistic element occur in mutually exclusive, non-overlapping environments, indicating they are allophones of a single phoneme.nounC2
- complementary dna/ˌkɒmplɪˌment(ə)ri ˌdiː en ˈeɪ/A single-stranded DNA molecule synthesized in the laboratory from a messenger RNA (mRNA) template using the enzyme reverse transcriptase.nounC1/C2
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