Complement and Host

complement

A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
A complete number or quantity.
- usage: "a full complement"
Number needed to make up a whole force.
- usage: "a full complement of workers"
- synonyms: full complement
Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
- usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
- synonyms: accompaniment
One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
- usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

(v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
(v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
(v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
(v.t.) To compliment.
(v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
(v.t.) A compliment.
(v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
(v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
(v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
(v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

host

A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there.
A vast multitude.
- synonyms: horde, legion
An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association.
A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers.
- synonyms: master of ceremonies, emcee
Archaic terms for army.
- synonyms: legion
Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event.
- usage: "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
Medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor. (
The owner or manager of an inn.
- synonyms: innkeeper, boniface
A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion.
Computer science. ( a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network)
- synonyms: server

(n.) An army; a number of men gathered for war.
(v.t.) To give entertainment to.
(n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
(n.) Any great number or multitude; a throng.
(v.i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
(n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging or entertainment; a landlord.
(n.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary