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temnospondyli |
temp |
tempean |
temper |
temper screw |
tempera
| temperable
| temperament
| temperamental
| temperamentally
| temperance
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tempera
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tempera has 1 sense
- tempera(n = noun.artifact) poster color, poster colour, poster paint - pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk; Array is a kind of water-base paint
CIDE DICTIONARY
tempera, n. [It.].
A mode or process of painting; distemper. [1913 Webster]
" The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
tempera, n. a method of painting using an emulsion e.g. of pigment with egg, esp. in fine art on canvas.
Etymology
It.: cf. DISTEMPER(1)
THESAURUS
tempera
aquarelle, canvas, chromogen, coat, coat of paint, coating, color, color filter, color gelatin, colorant, coloring, dead-color, distemper, drier, dye, dyestuff, easel-picture, exterior paint, finger painting, flat coat, flat wash, floor enamel, gouache, ground, interior paint, medium, oil, oil painting, opaque color, paint, painting, pigment, prime coat, primer, priming, stain, thinner, tinction, tincture, transparent color, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, vehicle, wash, wash coat, wash drawing, waterROGET THESAURUS
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Painting
N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.
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