| ATTEMPERING | • attempering v. Present participle of attemper. • ATTEMPER v. (archaic) to alter quality by addition or mixture; to moderate. |
| CONTEMPERED | • contempered v. Simple past tense and past participle of contemper. • CONTEMPER v. to blend together; to adapt. |
| DESTEMPERED | • DESTEMPER v. (obsolete) to distemper, in the paint sense, also DISTEMPER. |
| DISTEMPERED | • distempered v. Simple past tense and past participle of distemper. • distempered adj. (Archaic) Affected with or suffering from distemper. • DISTEMPER v. to paint or colour with distemper, also DESTEMPER. |
| EMPERISHING | • EMPERISH v. (Spenser) to impair. |
| EMPERORSHIP | • emperorship n. The rank or office of an emperor. • EMPERORSHIP n. the office of emperor. |
| INTEMPERANT | • intemperant adj. (Obsolete) intemperate. • INTEMPERANT n. a person who is intemperate. |
| INTEMPERATE | • intemperate adj. Lacking moderation, temper or control. • intemperate adj. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol. • intemperate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To disorder. |
| MISTEMPERED | • mistempered v. Simple past tense and past participle of mistemper. • MISTEMPER v. (obsolete) to temper ill; to disorder. |
| OBTEMPERATE | • obtemperate v. (Obsolete) To obey or to conform to the prescribed rule or law. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| OBTEMPERING | • obtempering v. Present participle of obtemper. • OBTEMPER v. to yield obedience to, also OBTEMPERATE. |
| RETEMPERING | • retempering v. Present participle of retemper. • RETEMPER v. to modify again. |
| SEMPERVIVUM | • sempervivum n. Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers. • Sempervivum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – the houseleeks etc. • SEMPERVIVUM n. a plant, the houseleek. |
| TEMPERAMENT | • temperament n. A person’s usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting. • temperament n. A tendency to become irritable or angry. • temperament n. (Music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key. |
| TEMPERANCES | • temperances n. Plural of temperance. • TEMPERANCE n. moderation in action, thought, or feeling. |
| TEMPERATELY | • temperately adv. In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes. • TEMPERATE adv. mild, moderate. |
| TEMPERATING | • temperating v. Present participle of temperate. • TEMPERATE v. to temper. |
| TEMPERATIVE | • temperative adj. Having the power to temper something. • TEMPERATIVE adj. having a moderating influence. |
| TEMPERATURE | • temperature n. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. • temperature n. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses. • temperature n. (Thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity… |
| UNTEMPERING | • untempering v. Present participle of untemper. • UNTEMPER v. to destroy the temper of. |