Definition of temper

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Temper (n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.

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Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven..
Insobriety :: Insobriety (n.) Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
Obtemper :: Obtemper (v. t. & i.) To obey (a judgment or decree).
Meek :: Meek (superl.) Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face..
Mood :: Mood (n.) Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood..
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.
Tune :: Tune (n.) Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood..
Meek :: Meek (superl.) Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive..
Chalybean :: Chalybean (a.) Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel.
Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper..
Mediocrity :: Mediocrity (n.) Moderation; temperance.
Intemperance :: Intemperance (n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions..
Figwort :: Figwort (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort..
Tone :: Tone (n.) State of mind; temper; mood.
Bearish :: Bearish (a.) Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.
Bromine :: Bromine (n.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite..
Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel..
Frumpish :: Frumpish (a.) Cross-tempered; scornful.
Isothermal :: Isothermal (a.) Relating to equality of temperature.
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