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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..

Frumpish :: Frumpish (a.) Cross-tempered; scornful.

Jadish :: Jadish (a.) Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.

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..

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

Wrawful :: Wrawful (a.) Ill-tempered.

Pug :: Pug (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

Attemperate :: Attemperate (a.) Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.

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

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..

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..

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

Passionate :: Passionate (a.) Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature..

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

Good-tempered :: Good-tempered (a.) Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.

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

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

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

Distempered :: Distempered (imp. & p. p.) of Distempe.

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