Words starting with complementary

13 letter words starting with complementary

• complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
• complementary angle — either of two angles whose sum is 90°
• complementary angles — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 90°.
• complementary base — either of the nucleotide bases linked by a hydrogen bond on opposite strands of DNA or double-stranded RNA: guanine is the complementary base of cytosine, and adenine is the complementary base of thymine in DNA and of uracil in RNA.
• complementary color — Art. one of a pair of primary or secondary colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale (color wheel) as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow. Compare analogous color. the relationship of these pairs of colors perceived as completing or enhancing each other.