Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
Having a specified disposition or temper.
Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
Pulled taut, without any slack.
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
To apply a tense to.
To make tense.
To become tense.
Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.