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1.NounA general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting."to have a good, bad, or calm temper"
2.NounState of mind; mood.
3.NounA tendency to become angry."to have a hasty temper; He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople."
4.NounAnger; a fit of anger."an outburst of temper; When I heard about it I got myself into a terrible temper."
5.NounCalmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure."to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper"
6.NounConstitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
7.NounMiddle state or course; mean; medium.
8.NounThe state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities."the temper of mortar"
9.NounThe heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
10.NounThe state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling."the temper of iron or steel"
11.NounMilk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
12.NounA non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
13.VerbTo moderate or control."Temper your language around children."
14.VerbTo strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal."Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature."
15.VerbTo adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
16.VerbTo sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
17.VerbTo mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
18.VerbTo adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
19.VerbTo govern; to manage.
20.VerbTo combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
21.VerbTo 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.
22.VerbTo fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.