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Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..

Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.

Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To intoxicate.

Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.

Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.

Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry..

Distempered :: Distempered (imp. & p. p.) of Distempe.

Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..

Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..

Gargil :: Gargil (n.) A distemper in geese, affecting the head..

Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.

Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..

Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..

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