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Attemperment :: Attemperment (n.) Attemperament.

Butter :: Butter (n.) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter..

Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.

Debauch :: Debauch (n.) To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army..

Temperable :: Temperable (a.) Capable of being tempered.

Telethermometer :: Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise..

Savor :: Savor (a.) Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like..

Composure :: Composure (n.) Frame; make; temperament.

Temper :: Temper (n.) 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..

Sobriety :: Sobriety (n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety..

Acacia :: Acacia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates..

Intemperateness :: Intemperateness (n.) Severity of weather; inclemency.

Tempering :: Tempering (n.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished p

Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven..

Yielding :: Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper..

Temper :: Temper (n.) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.

Soberly :: Soberly (adv.) In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper..

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