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Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder.

taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.

The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

The quality of being accidental; casualness.

d; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.

Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.

A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density of about 2.9.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.

Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

Having two teeth. Swift.

Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen.

Relating to a hundred. Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.

Of or pertaining to a client. A dependent and cliental relation. Burke. I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Coincident.

Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.

Complimentary. [Obs.] Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth. Sir H. Wotton. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Boyle. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ness, n. [Obs.] Hammond.