temper

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Synonyms: terper, kemper, tamper, tempter, semper, tempe, tempeh, emper, temped, tepper, stemper

Antonyms: terper, kemper, tamper, tempter, semper, tempe, tempeh, emper, temped, tepper, stemper

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Noun

A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of [[mood]], a [[volatile]] state; a habitual way of [[thinking]], [[behaving]] or [[reacting]].
State of mind; mood.
A tendency to become [[angry]].
[[anger|Anger]]; a [[fit]] of [[anger]].
[[calm|Calmness]] of mind; [[moderation]]; [[equanimity]]; [[composure]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four [[humour]]s: [[blood]], [[choler]], [[phlegm]], and [[melancholy]].
Middle state or course; mean; medium.
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
The [[heat]] [[treatment]] to which a [[metal]] or other [[material]] has been [[subjected]]; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
{{lb|en|sugar manufacture|historical}} Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
{{lb|en|pottery|architecture}} A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; [[tempering]].

To [[moderate]] or [[control]].
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; [[anneal]].
{{lb|en|cooking}} To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
To [[sauté]] [[spice]]s in [[ghee]] or oil to release [[essential oil]]s for flavouring a dish in [[South Asia]]n cuisine.
To [[mix]] [[clay]], [[plaster]] or [[mortar]] with water to obtain the proper [[consistency]].
{{lb|en|music}} To [[adjust]], as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
{{lb|en|obsolete|[[Latinism]]}} To [[govern]]; to [[manage]].
{{lb|en|archaic}} To combine in due proportions; to [[constitute]]; to [[compose]].
{{lb|en|archaic}} To [[mingle]] in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to [[soften]]; to [[mollify]]; to [[assuage]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.

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