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Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate..

Rummy :: Rummy (n.) One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.

Continently :: Continently (adv.) In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.

Wool :: Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates..

Saturnalian :: Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.

Sober :: Sober (superl.) Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man..

Moderable :: Moderable (a.) Modeate; temperate.

Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking..

Intemperateness :: Intemperateness (n.) Severity of weather; inclemency.

Figwort :: Figwort (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort..

Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..

Abstinent :: Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate..

Abutilon :: Abutilon (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow..

Continent :: Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.

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..

Orchis :: Orchis (n.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous..

Walnut :: Walnut (n.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone..

Soberly :: Soberly (adv.) In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

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