Definition of temper

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Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..

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Blow-off :: Blow-off (adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement.
Moderable :: Moderable (a.) Modeate; temperate.
Electro-thermancy :: Electro-thermancy (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals..
Tempering :: Tempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tempe.
Inimical :: Inimical (a.) Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity..
Incompliance :: Incompliance (n.) The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.
Dissipated :: Dissipated (a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.
Temper :: Temper (n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel..
Saturnist :: Saturnist (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament..
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.
Compatibility :: Compatibility (n.) The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties..
Contemperate :: Contemperate (v. t.) To temper; to moderate.
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Horse-chestnut :: Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes..
Dissimilar :: Dissimilar (a.) Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features..
Thermometer :: Thermometer (n.) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Middle state or course; mean; medium.
Quick :: Quick (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper..
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils..
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