Vocabulary : Temperative to Templar

Temperative : Having power to temper.
Temperature : The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98-99.5 F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4). ;; Constitution; state; degree of any quality. ;; Freedom from passion; moderation. ;; Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling. ;; Mixture; compound.
Tempered : of Temper ;; 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.
Temperer : One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
Tempering : of Temper ;; 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 portion, or by the burning of oil.

Tempest : An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. ;; Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions. ;; A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4. ;; To disturb as by a tempest. ;; To storm.
Tempestive : Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers.
Tempestivily : The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
Tempestuous : Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
Templar : One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple. ;; A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple. ;; One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars. ;; Of or pertaining to a temple.

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