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Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..

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..

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

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 mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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