Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 16
Tell (v. i.) To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
To tell of. To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe.
To tell of. To inform against; to disclose some fault of.
To tell on, To inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.]
Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. -- 1 Sam. xxvii. 11.
Tell (n.) That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
I am at the end of my tell. -- Walpole.
Tell (n.) [Ar.] A hill or mound. -- W. M. Thomson.
Tell (n.) A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) [syn: Tell, William Tell].
Tell (v.) Express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell].
Tell (v.) Let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
Tell (v.) Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recount, recite].
Tell (v.) Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say].
Tell (v.) Discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
Tell (v.) Inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!" [syn: assure, tell].
Tell (v.) Give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" [syn: tell, evidence].
Tell (v.) Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart].
Tellable (a.) Capable of being told.
Tellen (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Tellina.
Teller (n.) One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.
Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. -- Cowell.
Teller (n.) An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays money out, and makes records of such transactions.
Teller (n.) One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
Teller (n.) United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003) [syn: Teller, Edward Teller].
Teller (n.) An official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly) [syn: teller, vote counter].
Teller (n.) An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money [syn: teller, cashier, bank clerk].
Teller (n.) Someone who tells a story [syn: narrator, storyteller, teller].
Teller. () An officer in a bank or other institution. He is said to take that name from tallier, or one who kept a tally, because it is his duty to keep the accounts between the bank or other institution and its customers, or to make their accounts tally. In another sense teller signifies a person appointed to receive votes. In England the name of teller is given to certain officers in the exchequer.
Teller -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000): 20555
Housing Units (2000): 10362
Land area (2000): 557.062542 sq. miles (1442.785299 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.892872 sq. miles (4.902515 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 558.955414 sq. miles (1447.687814 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 38.912363 N, 105.156719 W
Headwords:
Teller
Teller, CO
Teller County
Teller County, CO
Teller, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 268
Housing Units (2000): 87
Land area (2000): 1.915281 sq. miles (4.960556 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.192732 sq. miles (0.499174 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.108013 sq. miles (5.459730 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75930
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 65.257294 N, 166.353807 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99778
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Teller, AK
Teller
Tellership (n.) The office or employment of a teller.
Tellina (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
Telling (a.) Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. -- Tell"ing*ly, adv.
Telling (a.) Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" [syn: revealing, telling, telltale(a)].
Telling (a.) Powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, telling, weighty].
Telling (a.) Producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: impressive, telling]
Telling (n.) An act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" [syn: relation, telling, recounting].
Telling (n.) Informing by words [syn: telling, apprisal, notification].
Telling (n.) Disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling].
Telltale (a.) Telling tales; babbling.
Telltale (n.) One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
Telltale (n.) (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
Telltale (n.) (Naut.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
Telltale (n.) (Naut.) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
Telltale (n.) (Mach.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
Telltale (n.) (Zool.) The tattler. See Tattler.
Telltale (n.) A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.
It supplies many useful links and telltales. -- Saintsbury.
Telltale (n.) (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.
Telltale (a.) Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." -- Poe.
Compare: Yellowlegs
Yellowlegs (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
Telltale (a.) Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" [syn: revealing, telling, telltale(a)].
Telltale (n.) Someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth].
Tellural (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth. [R.]
Tellurate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of telluric acid.
Telluret (n.) (Chem.) A telluride. [Obsoles.]
Telluride (n.) (Chem.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.
Tellureted (n.) (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. [Written also telluretted.] [Obsoles.]
Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), Hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also tellurhydric acid.
Tellurhydric (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
Tellurian (a.) 地球的 Of or pertaining to the earth. -- De Quincey.
Tellurian (n.) 地球上的居民 A dweller on the earth. -- De Quincey.
Tellurian (n.) 地球儀 An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons. [Written also tellurion.]
Tellurian (a.) Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene].
Tellurian (n.) An inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling].
Telluric (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
Amid these hot, telluric flames. -- Carlyle.
Telluric (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.
Telluric bismuth (Min.), Tetradymite.
Telluric silver (Min.), Hessite.
Telluric (a.) Of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium.
Telluric (a.) Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene].
Telluride (n.) (Chem.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.
Telluride (n.) Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements.
Telluride, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 2221
Housing Units (2000): 1938
Land area (2000): 0.706574 sq. miles (1.830017 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.706574 sq. miles (1.830017 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76795
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 37.939153 N, 107.816317 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81435
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Telluride, CO
Telluride
Tellurism (n.) An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence. [R.] -- S. Thompson.
Tellurite (n.) (Chem.) A salt of tellurous acid.
Tellurite (n.) (Min.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
Tellurium (n.) (Chem.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite.
Tellurium glance (Min.), Nagyagite; -- called also black tellurium.
Tellurium (n.) A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold [syn: tellurium, Te, atomic number 52].
Tellurium
Symbol: Te
Atomic number: 52
Atomic weight: 127.60
Silvery metalloid element of group 16. Eight natural isotopes, nine radioactive isotopes. Used in semiconductors and to a degree in some steels. Chemistry is similar to sulphur. Discovered in 1782 by Franz Miller.
Tellurize (v. t.) (Chem.) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.
Tellurous (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.
Telodynamic (a.) Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
Teloogoo (n.) See Telugu. -- D. O. Allen.
Compare: Telugu
Telugu (n.) A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali. [Spelt also Teloogoo.]
Telugu (n.) One of the people speaking the Telugu language.
Telotrochae (n. pl. ) of Telotrocha.
Telotrocha (n.) (Zool.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
Telotrochal (a.) Alt. of Telotrochous.
Telotrochous (a.) (Zool.) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.
Telotype (n.) An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
Telpher (n.) (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin.
Telpher (n.) (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.
Telpher line, or Telpher road, An electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
Telpher (n.) One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage [syn: telpher, telfer].
Telpherage (n.) The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. -- Fleeming Jenkin.
Telpherage (n.) (Elec.) Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.
Telsons (n. pl. ) of Telson.
Telson (n.) (Zool.) The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
Telugu (n.) A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali. [Spelt also Teloogoo.]
Telugu (n.) One of the people speaking the Telugu language , or the Telugus.
Telugu (a.) Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.
Telugu (n.) A member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language.
Telugu (n.) A Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India.
Temblor (n.) [Sp.] 地震 An earthquake. [Western U. S.]
Temblor (n.) Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: {earthquake}, {quake}, {temblor}, {seism}].
Temerarious (a.) Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless. -- Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly, adv.
I spake against temerarious judgment. -- Latimer.
Temerarious (a.) Presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff" [syn: daredevil, temerarious].
Temeration (n.) Temerity. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Temerity (n.) 魯莽；冒失 Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
Syn: Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness.
Usage: Temerity, Rashness. These words are closely allied in sense, but have a slight difference in their use and application. Temerity is Latin, and rashness is Anglo-Saxon. As in many such cases, the Latin term is more select and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon more familiar and energetic. We show temerity in hasty decisions, and the conduct to which they lead. We show rashness in particular actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of temerity to approach the verge of a precipice; it is an act of rashness to jump into a river without being able to swim.
Temerity, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger; rashness is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or excited feeling.
It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon grounds uncapable of evidence. -- Barrow.
Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. -- Milton.
Temerity (n.) Fearless daring [syn: audacity, audaciousness, temerity].
Temerous (a.) Temerarious. [Obs.]
Temp (n.) A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis [syn: temp, temporary, temporary worker].
Temp (n.) Someone who works in an office for a short time while someone else is away, sick, etc.
Temp (v.) To work as a temp in an office.
Tempean (a.) Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.
Tempered (imp. & p. p.) of Temper.
Tempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temper.
Temper (v. t.) To 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; to soothe; to calm.
Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system. -- Bancroft.
Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. -- Otway.
But thy fire Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher. -- Byron.
She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors. -- Addison.
Temper (v. t.) To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking. -- Wisdom xvi. 21.
Temper (v. t.) (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound. -- Dryden.
Temper (v. t.) To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. -- Spenser.
Temper (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
Temper (v. t.) (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
Temper (n.) The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment. -- Fuller.
Temper (n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
Remember with what mild And gracious temper he both heared and judged. -- Milton.
The consequents of a certain ethical temper. -- J. H. Newman.
Temper (n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
To fall with dignity, with temper rise. -- Pope.
Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers. -- B. Jonson.
Temper (n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]
Temper (n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
Temper (n.) Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.]
The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular circumstances. -- Macaulay.
Temper (n.) (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
Temper screw, In deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.
Syn: Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See Disposition.
Temper (v. i.) To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Temper (v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. -- Shak.
Temper (n.) A sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation].
Temper (n.) A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn: temper, mood, humor, humour].
Temper (n.) A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness].
Temper (n.) The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper, toughness].
Temper (v.) Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: anneal, temper, normalize].
Temper (v.) Harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn: temper, harden].
Temper (v.) Adjust the pitch (of pianos).
Temper (v.) Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" [syn: temper, season, mollify].
Temper (v.) Restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper].
Tempera (n.) [It.] (Paint.) 蛋彩畫 A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.
Tempera (n.) Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk [syn: tempera, poster paint, poster color, poster colour].
Temperable (a.) 可回火的 Capable of being tempered.
The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of metals. -- Emerson.
Temperament (n.) 氣質；性情，性格 [C] [U]；容易興奮的性情；喜怒無常；急躁 [U] Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its just state and temperament. -- Sir M. Hale.
Temperament (n.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions. [Obs.]
However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any temperament that can be found in things of this nature, so disputable on their side. -- Milton.
Temperament (n.) The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.
Wholesome temperaments of the rashness of popular assemblies. -- Sir J. Mackintosh.
Temperament (n.) Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
Bodies are denominated "hot" and "cold" in proportion to the present temperament of that part of our body to which they are applied. -- Locke.
Temperament (n.) (Mus.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave.
This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C[sharp] becoming identical with D[flat], and so on.
Temperament (n.) (Physiol.) The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.
Equal temperament (Mus.), That in which the variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the keys alike.
Unequal temperament (Mus.) That in which the variations are thrown into the keys least used.
Temperament (n.) Your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" [syn: disposition, temperament].
Temperament (n.) Excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly).
Temperament (n.) An adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys.
Temperament (n.) [ C or U ] 氣質；性情；性格 The part of your character that affects your moods and the way you behave.
// A fiery temperament.
Temperamental (a.) 氣質的，性情的；性格的 [Z]；易興奮的；易怒的 Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Temperamental (a.) Relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities".
Temperamental (a.) Subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" [syn: moody, temperamental].
Temperamental (a.) Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute" -- Osbert Lancaster [syn: erratic, temperamental].
Temperamentally (adv.) 在氣質上；易興奮地；神經質地 By temperament; "temperamentally suited to each other".
Temperance (n.) 節制，節慾；不過分，適度；戒酒；禁酒 Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
Temperance (n.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." -- Shak.
He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance. -- Spenser.
Temperance (n.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] "Tender and delicate temperance." -- Shak.
Temperance society, An association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.
Temperance (n.) The trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance, moderation] [ant: intemperance].
Temperance (n.) Abstaining from excess [syn: sobriety, temperance].
Temperance (n.) The act of tempering.
Temperance, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
Population (2000): 7757
Housing Units (2000): 2953
Land area (2000): 4.595331 sq. miles (11.901851 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.053023 sq. miles (0.137329 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.648354 sq. miles (12.039180 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79240
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 41.760748 N, 83.575192 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48182
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Temperance, MI
Temperance
Temperancy (n.) 節德；節制 Temperance.
Temperate (a.) 有節制的，適度的，溫和的，溫帶的 Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
Temperate (a.) Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. -- Shak.
That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. -- Tennyson.
Temperate (a.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. -- Franklin.
Temperate (a.) Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. -- Pope.
Temperate zone (Geog.), That part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
Temperate (v. t.) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.]
It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. -- Marston.
Temperate (a.) (Of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" [ant: intemperate].
Temperate (a.) Not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" [ant: intemperate].
Temperate (a.) Not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate].
Temperately (adv.) In a temperate manner.
Temperately (adv.) With restraint; "he used the privileges of his office temperately".
Temperately (adv.) Without extravagance; "these preferences are temperately stated".
Temperately (adv.) In a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails" [syn: abstemiously, temperately].
Temperateness (n.) The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Temperateness (n.) Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities [syn: fair weather, sunshine, temperateness].
Temperateness (n.) Exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate" [syn: self-restraint, temperateness].
Temperative (a.) Having power to temper. [R.] -- T. Granger.
Temperature (n.) 溫度，氣溫 [C] [U]；體溫 [C ] [U]；【口】熱度，發燒 [S1] Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. -- Bacon.
Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain. -- I. Watts.
Temperature (n.) Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, Most goodly temperature you may descry. -- Spenser.
Temperature (n.) (Physics) 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.
Note: The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the body. For other states of matter such as plasma, electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be expressed as a temperature, although it could never be measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by sensing with the skin.
Temperature (n.) Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
Made a temperature of brass and iron together. -- Holland.
Temperature (n.) (Physiol. & Med.) 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 [deg]-99.5 [deg] F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4 [deg]).
{Absolute temperature}. (Physics) See under {Absolute}.
{Animal temperature} (Physiol.), The nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See {Homoiothermal}.
{Temperature sense} (Physiol.), The faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects. -- H. N. Martin.
Temperature (n.) The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity).
Temperature (n.) The somatic sensation of cold or heat.
Temperature (n.) (Heat level) (A2) [ C or U ] 溫度；體溫 The measured amount of heat in a place or in the body.
// Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius.
// Temperatures have risen over the past few days (= the weather has become warmer).
// The doctor examined him and took his temperature (= measured it).
Run/ have a temperature (A2) 發燒 To have a higher body temperature than normal and to be ill.
Temperature (n.) (Of a situation) [ U ] 緊張程度，激烈程度 If you say that the temperature in a particular situation is rising, you mean that it is likely to become violent because people have become angry.
// The temperature of the discussion started to rise as each side added its own arguments.
Tempered (a.) 【冶】回火的；經過鍛鍊的；調合的；調和的；溫和的；適中的 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.
Tempered (a.) Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass" [syn: tempered, treated, hardened, toughened] [ant: unhardened, untempered].
Tempered (a.) Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy" [ant: untempered].
Temperer (n.) 回火工人；鞣革工人；（石灰、水泥之）攪拌機；撫慰者 One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.