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

Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.

Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.

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

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

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

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

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..

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.) 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..

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

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

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

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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