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

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

Atrocious :: Atrocious (a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers..

Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.

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

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.) 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..

Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

Rabid :: Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox..

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

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

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.) 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..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..

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

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..

Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..

Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.

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

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

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