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Definitions: Temperament |
TemperamentNoun1. Your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition". 2. Excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "temperament" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Predisposition to react to one's environment in a certain way; usually refers to mood changes. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In music, Temperament is a system of tuning instruments.
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Synonym: TemperamentSynonym: disposition (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affections | Noun: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy; (love). |
Intrinsicality | Habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition. |
Tendency | Noun: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus, nisus; liability; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift; (direction); conduciveness, conducement; applicability; (utility); subservience; (instrumentality). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Temperament |
| English words defined with "temperament": Apoplectical ♦ backward, Bilious temperament, blood ♦ capable, Choleric temperament, Crasis ♦ discomposure ♦ Equal temperament ♦ forward ♦ Hot-livered ♦ Idiocracy, Idiocratical, incapable ♦ Just intonation ♦ liberality, liberalness, Lymphatic temperament ♦ Nervous temperament, nervousness ♦ Phlegmatic temperament ♦ Saturnist ♦ temperamental, temperamentally, tuned ♦ Unequal temperament. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "temperament": adjustment test ♦ character test ♦ EXERCISER, HORSE ♦ HORSE TRAINER ♦ JOCKEY AGENT ♦ SCSI voodoo ♦ test of personality. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "temperament": temperamental. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Temperament" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (mettle, nature, temper, temperament), Czech (temper, temperament), Dutch (temperament), German (temper, temperament), Romanian (blood, complexion, constitution, disposition, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, nature, pepper, spirit, temper, temperament), Serbo-Croatian (temper, temperament), Swedish (constitution, disposition, humor, humour, temper, temperament). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Artistic Temperament (1919) Temper and Temperament (1914) Her Artistic Temperament (1911) Temperament Unsuited (1978) | |
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Hector Hugh Munro | Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. |
Iris Murdoch | Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. |
Martin Luther | Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. |
Thomas Carlyle | The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. |
Tryon Edwards | Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow up. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The nations have not always and at every hour the temperament of heroes and of martyrs. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | An abyss of fortune or of temperament sundered him from them. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Throughout childhood-perhaps, even, for the rest of their lives-XXY boys retain the same temperament and disposition they first displayed as infants and toddlers. (references) | |
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| "Temperament" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Temperament" is used about 542 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.82% | 541 | 11,416 |
| Noun (common) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 542 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "temperament": Bilious temperament ♦ Choleric temperament ♦ Equal temperament ♦ Lymphatic temperament ♦ nervous temperament ♦ phlegmatic temperament ♦ sanguine temperament ♦ unequal temperament ♦ unstable temperament. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "temperament"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | temperament (mettle, nature, temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مزاج (cast of mind, complexion, constitution, disposition, feather, figure, frame, frame of mind, framing, grain, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, mind, mood, nature, spirits, state of mind, temper, tone, vein), حساسية بالغة, تلطيف (assuagement, extenuation, mitigation, softening), طبع (etching, grain, habit, impression, inscribe, instill, instillation, lithograph, mood, nature, normalize, print, printing, publishing, redaction, run, stamp, temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | темперация, темперамент (habit, humor, humour, mettle, zip), нрав (character, constitution, disposition, kidney, make, make up, metal, mettle, nature, temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 脾氣 (disposition, temper), 性情 (nature), 性 (character, disposition, nature), 氣質 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | temperament (temper), povaha (disposition, nature, temper, vein), nátura (temper), letora (disposition, temper, turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | temperament. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | temperament. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | temperamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فطرت (Mettle, Mould), مزاج (Blood, Health, Kidney, Temper), حالت (Attitude, Case, Condition, Estate, Grain, If, Mood, Pose, Posture, Predicament, Self, Situation, Speed, Stance, State, Status, Temper, Trim, Vein), سرشت (Make, Nature), طبیعت (Inclination, Nature, Navigate, Quality), خلق (Humor, Kidney, Mood, People, Temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luonne (character, disposition, personality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tempérament (temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | temperamint. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Temperament (temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιδιοσυγκρασία (habitus, temper), ταμπεραμέντο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מז' (disposition, mixture, temper), מצב רוח (frame of mind, humor, humour, mood, spirits, temper), "לך פש (desire, mood), טמפרמ ט. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vérmérséklet (metal, mettle, temper), alkat (habitude, makeup, stature, temper, texture), temperamentum (kidney), kedély (cheer, humor, humour, metal, spirit, temper, tone), heves vérmérséklet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | temperamen, tabiat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | temperamento (disposition, frame of mind, habit, kidney, mettle, mood, spirit, temper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 膚 (grain, one's bent, skin, surface texture), 肌合 (disposition), 為人 , テロ対策 (10, 99.99999999%, anti-terrorist, temper, tempera, temperate, tempo, temporary, temporary worker, temptation, tempura, ten, ten key, ten nines, tendency, tenderloin, tenderloin steak, ten-gallon hat, tense, tension, tension people, tensor, tent), 気質 (character, disposition, spirit, trait), 気性 (disposition), 平均律 (equaltemperament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | テンペラメント , きしつ (air chamber, character, disposition, spirit, trait), きしょう (badge, beauty spot, climate, damage, disposition, emblem, getting out of bed, happy laughter, injury, insignia, medal, memorizing, rare, rising, scarce, unexpected victory, victory by uncommon stratagem, vow, weather), ひととなり (hereditary disposition), かたぎ (character, disposition, hardwood, honest, respectable, spirit, trait, wooden printing block), へいき"りつ (equaltemperament), は あい (disposition, person's disposition), は (body, disposition, grain, one's bent, skin, surface texture, texture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | reajaght (marriage arrangement, smoothness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emperamenttay temperamento (character, constitution, habitude, humor, humour, kidney bean, nature, temper). (various references) temperament (blood, complexion, constitution, disposition, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, nature, pepper, spirit, temper). (various references) темперамент (kidney, mettle, zip). (various references) temperament (temper), narav (character, disposition, makeup, mettle, nature). (various references) temperamento (disposition, nature, temper). (various references) temperament (constitution, disposition, humor, humour, temper). (various references) อารม"์ (emotion, humor, mood, temper), ความหุนหันพลันแล่น (haste). (various references) yaradılış (being, build, constitution, creation, disposition, frame, idiosyncrasy, internal, make up, Mold, mould), mizaç (cheer, frame of mind, humor, humour, idiosyncrasy, nature, quality, vein), huy (blood, character, cheer, constitution, habit, humor, humour, kidney, nature, temper, vein), coşku (ebullition, ecstasy, effervescence, elation, enthusiasm, excitement, exuberance, exuberancy, furor, furore, glow, gush, rave, rhapsody, spring tide, yeast), akort (chord, common chord, tune, tuning). (various references) характер (blood, character, disposition, ethos, habit, kind, make up, mettle, nature, stripe, tone), темперамент (kidney, temperature, zip). (various references) tính khí (kidney, mood), tính (composition), khí chất (mettle). (various references) anianawd (disposition), anian (genius, instinct, nature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | temperamentum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "temperament": temperamental, temperamentally, temperaments. (additional references) | |
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"Temperament" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emparkment, emperiment, tamperament, temoerament, temperamento, temperment, temprament. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "temperament" (pronounced te"mprumunt or te"mpermunt) |
| 6 | -r u m u n t | detriment, excrement, experiment, increment, instrument, sacrament. |
| 5 | -u m u n t | accompaniment, adamant, argument, armament, complement, condiment, disarmament, element, filament, impediment, implement, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, rudiment, sediment, sentiment, supplement, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
| 5 | -er m u n t | accouterment, antigovernment, betterment, bewilderment, dismemberment, empowerment, endangerment, government, measurement, postretirement, retirement, wonderment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-m-m-n-p-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: pentameter. | |
-2 letters: penetrate, temperate. | |
-3 letters: attemper, metamere, patentee, permeant, permeate. | |
-4 letters: ammeter, entreat, meatmen, metamer, pattern, premeet, prename, preteen, ratteen, reptant, tempera, tempter, ternate, terpene. | |
-5 letters: ampere, arpent, enrapt, entera, entrap, entree, eterne, marten, matter, meaner, meeter, merman, mermen, metate, metepa, natter, neater, netter, parent, patent, pattee, patten, patter, petter, preman, premen, ratten, remate, remeet, rename, repeat, repent, retape, reteam, retene, tamper, teemer, teener, teeter, temper, tenter, terete, trepan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-m-m-n-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: temperaments. | |
+2 letters: temperamental. | |
+4 letters: temperamentally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6D 70 65 72 61 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -- .--. . .-. .- -- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e m p e r a m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006D 0070 0065 0072 0061 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471798271846779718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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