distemper

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A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh

my spirits began to sink under the burden of a strong distemper, and nature was exhausted with the violence of the fever.

A water-based paint
to paint using distemper
to disturb and disorder, hence to make sick
a disease or malady
{v} to disorder, disease, sickness, uneasiness
{i} whitewash; decorative painting technique in which glue or gum is used to achieve a matte surface; infectious and often fatal disease (mainly of dogs, horses, and cats)
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease
a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery
A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size cf
A type of paint made by mixing rabbit skin glue with water, size and whiting (chalk), then finally tinted with pigments It has been made for hundreds of years The finished effect gives a beautifully soft chalky fixture You can't buy it commercially off the shelf although there are companies who will make it up for you Alternatively, you can make it yourself from paint recipes found in many books One disadvantage is that you can't wipe it down It dries several shades lighter than the shade it goes on wet
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 is a kind of paint sometimes used for painting walls. Viral disease in two forms, canine and feline. Canine distemper is acute and highly contagious, affecting dogs, foxes, wolves, mink, raccoons, and ferrets. Most untreated cases are fatal. Infected animals are best treated with prompt injections of serum globulins; secondary infections are warded off by antibiotics. Immunity can be conferred by vaccination. Feline distemper causes a severe drop in the number of the infected cat's white blood cells. It rarely lasts more than a week, but the mortality rate is high. Vaccines offer effective immunity
paint with distemper
Disturbed condition of the body or mind; ill health, illness; a mental or physical disorder; a disease or ailment
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant
Tempera instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms
{f} paint using whitewash; paint a painting using the distemper technique
A water-soluble paint using egg-yolk or glue size as a binder Used mostly for flat indoor wall decoration
Political disorder; tumult
This describes a very contagious disease caused by the bacteria Streptococcus Equi (a k a Strangles)
a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery a painting created by distemper paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder any of various infectious viral diseases of animals paint with distemper
Distemper is a dangerous and infectious disease that can be caught by animals, especially dogs
an angry and disagreeable mood
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size
a painting created by distemper
To intoxicate
means an undue mixture In medicine a distemper arises from the redundancy of certain secretions or morbid humours The distemper in dogs is an undue quantity of secretions manifested by a running from the eyes and nose (Latin, dis-tempero, to mix amiss ) Applied to painting, the word is from another source, the French détremper (to soak in water), because the paints, instead of being mixed with oil, are mixed with a vehicle (as yolk of eggs or glue) soluble in water
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of
Paints made by mixing pigment with water and bound with casein, glue or egg Widely used before the arrival of emulsion
A type of paint
A painting done with this preparation
paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts
Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor
Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold
distemper vaccine
special vaccine given to dogs to immunize them against distemper (infectious disease)
a distemper
{n} scurvy
canine distemper
a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation
equine distemper
an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
Turkish - English
distemper
distemper

    Hyphenation

    dis·tem·per

    Turkish pronunciation

    dîstempır

    Pronunciation

    /dəˈstempər/ /dɪˈstɛmpɜr/
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