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Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.

Chalybeous :: Chalybeous (a.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.

Contemperature :: Contemperature (n.) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature.

Good-humored :: Good-humored (a.) Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good-natured.

Acrimonious :: Acrimonious (a.) Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper..

Frumpish :: Frumpish (a.) Cross-tempered; scornful.

Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..

Easy-going :: Easy-going (a.) Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive..

Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..

Bilious :: Bilious (a.) Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.

Pug :: Pug (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..

Distempered :: Distempered (imp. & p. p.) of Distempe.

Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.

Snaggy :: Snaggy (a.) Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.

Jadish :: Jadish (a.) Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.

Passionate :: Passionate (a.) Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature..

Temperable :: Temperable (a.) Capable of being tempered.

Acid :: Acid (a.) Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered..

Neal :: Neal (v. i.) To be tempered by heat.

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