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

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..

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

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

Attempered :: Attempered (imp. & p. p.) of Attempe.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..

Tempered :: Tempered (imp. & p. p.) of Tempe.

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

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..

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

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

Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.

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

Tempered :: Tempered (a.) Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword..

Peppery :: Peppery (a.) Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.

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..

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

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..

Vixen :: Vixen (n.) A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman..

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

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