Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of distemper is as below...

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..

Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.

Blendwater :: Blendwater (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected..

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

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

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..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..

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

Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.

Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.

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

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..

Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.

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

Tempera :: Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Garget :: Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite..

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.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..

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

Random Fonts

Most Popular