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Intemperate :: Intemperate (v. t.) To disorder.

Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate..

Moderateness :: Moderateness (n.) The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..

Rummy :: Rummy (n.) One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.

Orchis :: Orchis (n.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous..

Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter..

Figwort :: Figwort (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort..

Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..

Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language..

Nearctic :: Nearctic (a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species..

Sober :: Sober (superl.) Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man..

Season :: Season (n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy..

Measurable :: Measurable (a.) Moderate; temperate; not excessive.

Philosophical :: Philosophical (a.) Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool..

Contemperate :: Contemperate (v. t.) To temper; to moderate.

Intemperately :: Intemperately (adv.) In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint.

Hibernaculum :: Hibernaculum (n.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales..

Intemperateness :: Intemperateness (n.) The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking..

Moderable :: Moderable (a.) Modeate; temperate.

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