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Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.

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

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

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

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