distemper

1. A painting made by this process.

2. A process of painting in which pigments are mixed with water and a glue-size or casein binder, used for flat wall decoration or scenic and poster painting.

3. A similar viral disease of cats characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea leading to dehydration, and sometimes death. Also called feline distemper, panleukopenia.

4. An illness or disease; an ailment: "He died . . . of a broken heart, a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined” ( Henry Fielding).

5. An infectious viral disease occurring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a catarrhal discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever, lethargy, partial paralysis caused by destruction of myelinated nerve tissue, and sometimes death. Also called canine distemper.

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1. To throw out of order.

2. To paint in or with distemper.

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1. Archaic To unsettle; derange.

2. To mix (powdered pigments or colors) with water and size.

3. To paint (a work) in distemper.

4. To put out of order.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
distemper	14	Scrabble

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9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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