| TEMPERAMENT | • temperament n. A person’s usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting. • temperament n. A tendency to become irritable or angry. • temperament n. (Music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key. |
| TEMPERANCES | • temperances n. Plural of temperance. • TEMPERANCE n. moderation in action, thought, or feeling. |
| TEMPERATELY | • temperately adv. In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes. • TEMPERATE adv. mild, moderate. |
| TEMPERATING | • temperating v. Present participle of temperate. • TEMPERATE v. to temper. |
| TEMPERATIVE | • temperative adj. Having the power to temper something. • TEMPERATIVE adj. having a moderating influence. |
| TEMPERATURE | • temperature n. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer. • temperature n. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses. • temperature n. (Thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity… |
| TEMPESTUOUS | • tempestuous adj. Of, or resembling, a tempest; stormy, tumultuous. • TEMPESTUOUS adj. of or like a tempest. |
| TEMPOLABILE | • tempolabile adj. Subject to change over time. • TEMPOLABILE adj. in chemistry, tending to change with time. |
| TEMPORALISE | • temporalise v. Alternative form of temporalize. • TEMPORALISE v. to make temporal, also TEMPORALIZE. |
| TEMPORALITY | • temporality n. The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal). • TEMPORALITY n. civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority. |
| TEMPORALIZE | • temporalize v. (Transitive, often philosophy) To situate in time. • temporalize v. To secularize. • TEMPORALIZE v. to make temporal, also TEMPORALISE. |
| TEMPORARIES | • temporaries n. Plural of temporary. • TEMPORARY n. someone in a position of temporary employment. |
| TEMPORARILY | • temporarily adv. For a limited period of time; not permanently. • TEMPORARY adv. not permanent. |
| TEMPORISERS | • temporisers n. Plural of temporiser. • TEMPORISER n. one who temporises, also TEMPORIZER. |
| TEMPORISING | • temporising v. Present participle of temporise. • temporising n. Alternative form of temporizing. • TEMPORISING n. delaying so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision. |
| TEMPORIZERS | • temporizers n. Plural of temporizer. • TEMPORIZER n. one who temporizes, also TEMPORISER. |
| TEMPORIZING | • temporizing adj. Of or relating to temporization (in its various senses). • temporizing n. The act of one who temporizes, or acts evasively. • temporizing v. Present participle of temporize. |
| TEMPTATIONS | • temptations n. Plural of temptation. • TEMPTATION n. the act of tempting or the state of being tempted esp. to evil. |
| TEMPTATIOUS | • temptatious adj. (Archaic) tempting; illicitly desirable. • TEMPTATIOUS adj. seductive. |
| TEMPTRESSES | • temptresses n. Plural of temptress. • TEMPTRESS n. a female tempter. |