Temper ¹

Definition: 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; to soothe; to calm.

Temper ²

Definition: To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.

Temper ³

Definition: To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.

Temper ⁴

Definition: To govern; to manage.

Temper ⁵

Definition: To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

Temper ⁶

Definition: To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

Temper ⁷

Definition: The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.

Temper ⁸

Definition: Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

Temper ⁹

Definition: Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.

Temper ¹⁰

Definition: Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; in a reproachful sense.

Temper ¹¹

Definition: The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.

Temper ¹²

Definition: Middle state or course; mean; medium.

Temper ¹³

Definition: Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

Temper ¹⁴

Definition: To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.

Temper ¹⁵

Definition: To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.

temper ¹⁶

Definition: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

temper ¹⁷

Definition: the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

temper ¹⁸

Definition: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

temper ¹⁹

Definition: 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 ²⁰

Definition: restrain or temper

temper ²¹

Definition: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

temper ²²

Definition: adjust the pitch (of pianos)

temper ²³

Definition: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

temper ²⁴

Definition: toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"