Temper

I generally have to temper my attitude in order to keep my temper in check.

Temper: A particular state of mind or feelings. Especially in respect to irritability, patience or outbursts of anger.

Temper: A substance added to something to modify it's properties or qualities. Such as in cooking you may add certain ingredients to temper to flavor.

Temper: To soften or tone down. To moderate or mitigate. To temper justice with mercy.

Temper: To moisten, mix or work up to proper consistency, as clay or mortar.

TEMPER

Melon

Melon is a word you'd think only has one meaning. but I heard the word this morning on "I Love Lucy" and decided to look it up and to my surprise there were several meanings to the word.

Melon: The most common use of the word melon refers to the fruit that many of us eat (some on a daily basis). My personal favorite is cantaloupe. There are many melons including honeydew, watermelon, casaba, musk melon and several other.

Melon: Is a color defined as medium crimson or deep pink.

Melon: The visible upper portion of the head of a whale or dolphin, includes the eyes, beak and blowhole.

Melon: A large extra dividend, usually in the form of a stock, distributed amongst stockholders. Any windfall of money to be distributed amongst it's participants.

STOCK

Wound

Wound is one of those words with two different pronunciations as well as different meanings.



Wound: (The first meaning described here is pronounced as woond): an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.

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Wound: (This meaning is pronounced as wownd): Past tense or past participle of wind. Something which has been turned or twisted. As in she wound the clock or he wound the wire on the coil. They wound their way around the winding road.

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