Word: nontempering
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
tem
per
ing
Definition: Describing a cocoa butter substitute (or the chocolate substitute made from it) that does not require tempering (heating and controlled cooling).
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: temper
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: temperō
Language: la
Decoded: tempero
Meaning: I divide or proportion duly, I moderate, I regulate; intransitive senses I am moderate, I am temperate
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.