temper
— Noun
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～ the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
temper
— Noun
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～ a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
temper
— Noun
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～ a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
temper
— Noun
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～ a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
temper
— Verb
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～ change by restraining or moderating
temper
— Verb
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～ adjust the pitch (of pianos)
temper
— Verb
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～ bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
temper
— Verb
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～ harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
temper
— Verb
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～ make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; "she tempered her criticism"
tempera
— Noun
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～ pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
temperament
— Noun
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～ your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
temperament
— Noun
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～ an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
temperament
— Noun
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～ excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
temperamental
— Adjective
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～ relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
temperamental
— Adjective
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～ likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
temperamental
— Adjective
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～ subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
temperamentally
— Adverb
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～ by temperament; "temperamentally suited to each other"
temperance
— Noun
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～ the trait of avoiding excesses
temperance
— Noun
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～ the act of tempering
temperance
— Noun
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～ abstaining from excess