"Distemper" is a word in ENGLISH
Political disorder; tumult.
A painting done with this preparation.
Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a
passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to
change the due proportions of.
An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate
mixture of parts.
Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or
cold.
To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to
distemper colors with size.
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.
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental,
or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to
ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.
To intoxicate.
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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Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
Read the complete definitionSparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of …
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater …
Read the complete definitionRefraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
Read the complete definitionA genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called …
Read the complete definitionA genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed …
Read the complete definitionHarshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.
Read the complete definitionSour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: …
Read the complete definitionCaustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
Read the complete definitionCaustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
Read the complete definitionSharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.
Read the complete definitionalingit a short-tempered, irritable. v [B; ab3] be irritable. Pakat-ulga nang bátà ug udtu arun dílì mualingit (maalingit), Have the …
Read the complete definitionadj. /NA-/ quick-tempered, hot-tempered. irascible irritable, choleric. v. /AG-/.
Read the complete definitionaliputu, alipútu a short tempered because of s.t. which is weigh-ing on the mind. Alipútu run nà siya kay napildi …
Read the complete definitionPossessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
Read the complete definitionFriendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
Read the complete definitionVehemence of temper.
Read the complete definitionAnimating spirit; intention; temper.
Read the complete definitionTo subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose …
Read the complete definitionThe missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great …
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