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Malady :: Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder..

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

Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.

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..

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.) A painting done with this preparation.

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

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

Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

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

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..

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

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

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..

Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.

Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.

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

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

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

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