Word Finder - supplement

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Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.

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An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.

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An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.

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An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.

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(nutrition) A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.

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An additional charge, especially for food in a restaurant.

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There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.

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To provide or make a supplement to something.

That would supplement her meager savings, and she could be with the twins.

Leibnitz has to supplement rather than correct Locke on this point.

His inductive logic must "supplement and not supersede."

Salifert's Natural strontium supplement is an easy to use formulation designed to avoid a too low or too high strontium concentration.

Drink it as a tea or take a supplement before bed for the best results.

For the time being, you have the option to supplement with as much selenium as you please.

Max is now in relatively good health for age apart from slightly stiff joints which he takes a supplement for.

At this time, clinical studies have not revealed any side effects of using a creatine supplement.

Double page full color supplement, Queen Mary seated wearing a diamond tiara & blue sash.

Catcott, Alexander, 1768, A Supplement to a book, entitled a treatise on the deluge.

More recently hand-held doppler ultrasound has become available to supplement the clinical evaluation.

A cookie or tablet which is a nutritional supplement for dogs with digestive upsets.

It is used in English word order to supplement spoken words but does attempt to present every element of the spoken utterance.

Among the works of benevolence with which his name is associated are the establishment of a hospital for galley slaves at Marseilles, the institution of two establishments for foundlings at Paris, and the organization of the "Filles de la Charite," to supplement the work of the confreries, whose members were mainly married women with domestic duties.

For a time Whitefield was leader, and we find a reference to the "Whitefieldian and Wesleyan Methodists" in the Supplement to the Gentleman's Magazine for 1747, p. 619.

A select committee of the House of Commons (with Mr Arnold Morley, Postmaster-General, as chairman) was appointed " to consider and report whether the provision now made for the telephone service in local areas is adequate, and whether it is expedient to supplement or improve this provision either by the granting of licences to local authorities or otherwise."

Thus the most prominent subdivision of the older school, the Taittiriyas, in their Samhita, have treated the main portion of the ceremonial in this promiscuous fashion, and to add to the confusion they have, by way of supplement, put forth a so-called Taittiriya-brahmana, which, so far from being a real Brahmana, merely deals with some additional rites in the same confused mixture of sacrificial formulae and dogmatic explanations.

On the history of Florence and of Tuscany he wrote Tavole cronologiclze e sincrone della storia fiorentina (1841; Supplement, 1875); Geschichte Toscanas seit dem Ende des florentinischen Freistaats (Gotha, 1876-77); and Lorenzo de' Medici (Leipzig, 1874, and again 1883).

Again, the magician conscious of his limitations will seek to supplement his influence - his mana, as it is termed in the Pacific - by tapping, so to speak, whatever sources of similar power lie round about him; and these the "magomorphism" of primitive society perceives on every hand.

As a supplement to these labours in the field of Platonic and Alexandrian philosophy, Marsilio next devoted his energies to the translation of Dionysius the Areopagite, whose work on the celestial hierarchy, though recognized as spurious by the Neapolitan humanist, Lorenzo Valla, had supreme attraction for the mystic and uncritical intellect of Ficino.

Revue archeologique (1860), bi-monthly; Ami des monuments (1887); Bulletin de numismatique (1891); Revue biblique (1892); L'Annee epigraphique (1880) - a sort of supplement to the Corpus inscriptionum latinarum; Celtica (1903) - common to France and England; Gazette numismatique francaise (1897); Revue semitique d'epigraphie et d'histoire ancienne (1893); Bulletin monumental, bi-monthly; L'Intermediaire, weekly, the French " Notes and Queries," devoted to literary and antiquarian questions.

Bulletin de geographic historique; Annales de geographie (1891), with useful quarterly bibliography; Nouvelles geographiques - supplement to the Tour du monde (1891); La Vie coloniale (1902); La Geographic, monthly, published by the Soc. de Geographie (1900); Revue de geographie, monthly; Revue g p ographique internationale, monthly.

Among his more famous hoaxes were the " Edict of the King of Prussia " (1773), already described; the fictitious supplement to the Boston Chronicle, printed on his private press at Passy in 1782, and containing a letter with an invoice of eight packs of 954 cured, dried, hooped and painted scalps of rebels, men, women and children, taken by Indians in the British employ; and another fictitious Letter from the Count de Schaumberg to the Baron Hohendorf commanding the Hessian Troops in America (1777) - the count's only anxiety is that not enough men will be killed to bring him in moneys he needs, and he urges his officer in command in America " to prolong the war.

Thus the fragmentary close of 2 Chronicles marks the disruption of a previously-existing continuity, - due, presumably, to the fact that in the gradual compilation of the Canon the necessity for incorporating in the Holy Writings an account of the establishment of the post-Exile theocracy was felt, before it was thought desirable to supplement Samuel and Kings by adding a second history of the period before the Exile.

Attempts are made to assimilate the Mahommedan population by means of Franco-Arab primary and secondary schools, which supplement the purely French and purely Arab establishments of the same character.

Apart from the popular paraphrastic translations of the Old Testament (see Targum), the great mass of orthodox Rabbinical literature consists of (1) the independent Midrashim, and (2) the Mishna which, with its supplement the Gemara, constitutes the Talmud.

Of others (such as Bishr ibn Abi Khazim, al-IIadira, `Amir ibn at-Tufail, 'Alqamah ibn 'Abadah, al-Muthaqqib, Ta'abbata Sharra and Abu Dhu'aib) diwans or bodies of collected poems exist, but it is doubtful how far these had been brought together when al-Mufaddal made ' In the dhail or supplement to the Ama i of al-Qali.

In the " idiorrhythmic " monasteries (i&coppv9µa), which are governed by two or three annually elected wardens (E7rirpoirot), a less stringent rule prevails, and the monks are allowed to supplement the fare of the monastery from their private incomes.

This Organic Life supplement is a completely vegetarian vitamin.

One of the pitfalls of taking a vitamin supplement is the funny taste often accompanied with liquid or powdery pills.

Natural and organic grocery chains like Trader Joe's, Henry's, and Whole Foods carry the Organic Life brand of vitamins, as well as a number of supplement companies, such as Great Earth and Better Life.

The more of a supplement that is absorbed, the more benefit there is from that supplement.

If you have a tendency to be deficient in a particular area, you may want to also take a commercially prepared supplement.

If you've squandered opportunities to save and invest wisely, you may be required to work to supplement your income.

Research insurance options in order to supplement Medicare currently allowable under the revised guidelines.

Have you socked enough money away to retire comfortably, or will you need a part-time job to supplement your income?

Before you take any type of herbal supplement, however, please check with your doctor.

This means you'll have to supplement investments now in order to achieve your goals.

Insurance coverage known as Medigap health insurance is offered by private insurance companies to supplement Medicare.

Part-time jobs are more abundant than full-time jobs are, but part-time work may be just what retired people want to supplement their retirement income.

People who suffer from insomnia can benefit from taking melatonin as a supplement before bedtime to boost an increase in their melatonin blood levels.Typically, melatonin is thought to decrease the time it takes to fall asleep.

In addition, some people may be sensitive to valerian and experience nightmares when taking this supplement.

Melatonin side effects can interfere with your health, even though the supplement has been used to treat insomnia for some time.

Melatonin has been used to treat insomnia, jet lag and other sleep disorders with some success.Taking this supplement should be done only with the advice and guidance of a doctor.

Keep in mind that with any supplement, it's important to follow directions and take only the recommended dose, and talk to you doctor about potential side effects or interactions with any medication you may be taking.

The supplement 5-HTP contains tryptophan and can help you increase your levels of serotonin.

Adding this supplement may improve you sleep habits but remember to check with your physician - especially if you are already taking medications for depression.

Haze - Soldiers fight harder and smarter as the result of a "nutrional supplement," but this produces a hallucinogenic effect wherein the soldiers are not aware of their own pain.

While not a in-depth way to get physically fit, you should buy Wii Fit to get started on the path to fitness or to supplement your current routine.

Certainly, learning games can never replace teachers and classrooms, however they have been shown to supplement the learning process.