| intemperate |
| 1. adj. Lacking moderation, temper or control. | |
| intemperate language; intemperate zeal | |
| Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4. | |
| 2. adj. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol. | |
| 3. v. (obsolete, transitive) To disorder. | |
| language |
| 1. n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. | |
| The English language and the German language are related. | |
| Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL. | |
| 2. n. The ability to communicate using words. | |
| the gift of language | |
| 3. n. The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field. | |
| legal language; the language of chemistry | |
| 4. n. The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way. | |
| body language; the language of the eyes | |
| 5. n. A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate. | |
| 6. n. (computing) A computer language; a machine language. | |
| 7. n. Manner of expression. | |
| 8. n. The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text. | |
| The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation. | |
| The language he used to talk to me was obscene. | |
| 9. n. Profanity. | |
| 10. v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language. | |
| 11. n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ. | |
| intemperate |
| 1. adj. Lacking moderation, temper or control. | |
| intemperate language; intemperate zeal | |
| Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4. | |
| 2. adj. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol. | |
| 3. v. (obsolete, transitive) To disorder. | |
| zeal |
| 1. n. The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) A zealot. | |
| 3. n. The collective noun for a group of zebras. | |
