The word found after unscrambling temper means that a sudden outburst of anger, a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling, a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger, the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking, bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling, harden by reheating and cooling in oil, adjust the pitch (of pianos), make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate, restrain, .