The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory).
Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
The quality of being limited by a condition.
A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.
The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
The fact of being modal.
A method of diagnosis or therapy.
State of mind; mood.
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
Middle state or course; mean; medium.
A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
A tendency to become angry.
Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
Anger; a fit of anger.
To moderate or control.
To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.