TEMPTER
Tempt"er, n.
Defn: One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil. "Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on." Tillotson. So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.
TEMPTING
Tempt"ing, a.
Defn: Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;
enticing; as, tempting pleasures.
— Tempt"ing*ly, adv.
— Tempt"ing*ness, n.
TEMPTRESS
Tempt"ress, n.
Defn: A woman who entices.
She was my temptress, the foul provoker. Sir W. Scott.
TEMSE
Temse, n. Etym: [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. Tamine.]
Defn: A sieve. [Written also tems, and tempse.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Temse bread, Temsed bread, Temse loaf, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.]
TEMULENCE; TEMULENCY
Tem"u*lence, Tem"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [L. temulentia.]
Defn: Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] "Their temulency."
Jer. Taylor.