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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..

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

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

Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.

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

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

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 derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..

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

Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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.

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

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