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Definition: Attemper |
AttemperVerb1. Modify the temperature of, as of air. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Attemper \At*tem"per\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Attempered; present participle verb or noun Attempering.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mixture | Instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect. |
Moderation | Moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy; attemper, contemper; mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken; lessen; (decrease); check palliate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Attemper |
| English words defined with "attemper": Attemperate, Attempered, Attempering. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
attemper | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "attemper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rregulloj (accommodate, adjust, amend, arrange, clear up, compose, contrive, control, correct, debug, dispose, dispose of, do, fix up, model, modulate, order, patch up, rate, readjust, redress, regularize, regulate, repair, set right, set the tune, settle, shape, Spruce, straighten, tidy up, trim), përziej (admix, adulterate, alloy, beat, blend, commingle, compound, confound, conglomerate, dash, drag in, embark, emulsify, implicate, intermingle, intermix, jumble, knead, malaxate, mingle, mix, shuffle, stir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), عدل الحرارة, خفف (alleviate, attenuate, deaden, ease off, extenuate, gloss over the facts, lessen, mitigate, modify, muffle, palliate, qualify, relax, relent, relieve, remit, slack, slake, slim, solace, subdue, succor, succour, thin, water down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смесвам в съответни пропорции, калявам (anneal, enure, inure, season, steel), омекотявам (mellow, mince), нагаждам (fashion, gear to, key, tune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | apaiser, calmer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιχειρών (tackler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alkalmaz (administer, apply, employ, hire, ply, practice, practise, taken, to accommodate, to adopt, to dramatize, to employ, to exert, to go on wrong lines, to lay hands on sg, to misplace, to ply, to shop, to suit, to take, took, use). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | merendahkan (blacken, debase, humiliate, lower), melunakkan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attemperay adaptar (acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accomodate, adapt, adjust, attune, calculate, fashion, figure out, fit out, naturalize, place, proportion, put right, put up, straighten out, suit, tune), acomodar (accommodate, accommodating, accomodate, adapt, arrange, attune, berth, compose, contain, have room for, have space for, locate, place, put up, settle, tune), abrandar (appease, calm down, deaden, decelerate, dilute, diminish, ease, extenuate, fall, flatten, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, mutate, pass off, quiet, reduce, relax, relent, relieve, season, slacken, slake, soothe, unbend, unbrace, voice), temperar (anneal, chasten, douse, flavor, flavour, harden, moderate, quench, sauce, season, spice, temper, zest), suavizar (allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, gentle, mitigate, palliate, salve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tone down, unload), moderar (alloy, bridle, chasten, moderate, qualify, restrain), conciliar (arrange, conciliate, harmonize, placate, reconcile). (various references) amesteca (admix, adulterate, amalgamate, blend, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confound, confuse, cross, dilute, embroil, entangle, immix, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, intersperse, involve, jumble, medley, melt, merge, mingle, mix, muddle, pie, poison, rabble, shuffle, temper, work), adapta la (accommodate, shape, tune), tempera (chasten, mitigate, moderate, modify, regulate, temper), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), cãli (anneal, caseharden, chill, harden, indurate, steel, strengthen, temper). (various references) умерять (moderate), регулировать (adjust, control, govern, rate, readjust, regulate, regulated, temper). (various references) umiriti (appease, grow quiet, pacify, palliate, placate, quieten, soothe, tranquilize), ublažiti (alleviate, become tempered, buff, cushion, dull, ease, lessen, mince, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, redeem, soft pedal, soften, soothe, temper, tone down). (various references) yumuşatmak (chasten, dulcify, limber up, loosen, mellow, melt, moderate, mollify, mute, relax, season, shake up, smooth, soft pedal, soften, supple, tame, unbend, unman), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), teskin etmek (alleviate, calm, lull, quell, soothe, tranquillize), tavlamak (anneal, puddle, roast), dindirmek (abate, alleviate, assuage, ease, kill, quench, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, soothe, stop, suppress), dengelemek (balance, cancel out, counterpoise, equalize, equilibrate, juggle, level, offset, poise, stabilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attemper": attempered, attempering, attempers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "attemper" (pronounced 'At*tem"per'): Capper, Chopper, Clipper, Contemper, Cropper, Cupper, Dapper, flapper, flipper, Fripper, Mistemper, Nipper, Obtemper, Overpamper, Pamper, Pauper, Rapper, Recapper, Reshipper, sapper, Scorper, scupper, shipper, shopper, sipper, Snipper, Sopper, stepper, strapper, Swipper, tapper, tipper, topper, trapper, tripper, Uncapper, Untemper, viper, Whipper, Wrapper. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-p-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tempera, tempter. | |
-2 letters: ampere, matter, metate, metepa, pattee, patter, petter, remate, repeat, retape, reteam, tamper, temper. | |
-3 letters: ameer, apter, arete, armet, eater, etape, mater, matte, meter, metre, pater, peart, perea, peter, prate, ramee, ramet, remap, remet, retem, tamer, taper, tater, tempt, tetra, tramp, trapt, treat. | |
-4 letters: aper, mare, mart, mate, matt, meat, meet, mere. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attempers, impetrate, reattempt, temperate. | |
+2 letters: attempered, department, entrapment, heptameter, impetrated, impetrates, pentameter, reattempts, streetlamp. | |
+3 letters: attempering, departments, entrapments, heptameters, intemperate, pentameters, preadmitted, premeditate, reattempted, streetlamps, temperament, temperately, temperature, treponemata. | |
+4 letters: amphitheater, departmental, dermatophyte, distemperate, preformatted, premeditated, premeditates, premeditator, pretreatment, reattempting, spermatocyte, subtemperate, temperaments, temperatures. | |
+5 letters: amphitheaters, compartmented, dermatophytes, intemperately, interpermeate, posttreatment, prematurities, premeditating, premeditation, premeditative, premeditators, pretournament, pretreatments, reappointment, spermatocytes, spermatophyte, subdepartment, temperamental, temperateness, temporalities. | |
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