Usually means: Paint made with colored pigments.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. tempera: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tempera: Merriam-Webster
  3. tempera: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tempera: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tempera: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tempera: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tempera, tempera: Wordnik
  8. tempera: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tempera: Wiktionary
  10. tempera: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tempera: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tempera: Dictionary.com
  13. tempera: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Tempera (horse), Tempera: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Tempera: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. tempera: Rhymezone
  17. Tempera: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. tempera: FreeDictionary.org
  19. tempera: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. tempera: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. tempera: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. tempera: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  23. tempera: Infoplease Dictionary

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tempera: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
  2. tempera-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. Tempera: art glossary
  4. TEMPERA: Glossary of Art Terms
  5. tempera: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tempera: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See temperas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (uncountable) A paint in which the pigments are suspended in a water-soluble emulsion, such as of egg yolk or gelatine, which hardens and becomes insoluble on exposure to air.
noun:  (uncountable) The artistic technique of painting in this medium.
noun:  (countable) A painting done in this medium.

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