DISTEMPERATURE
\dɪstˈɛmpəɹət͡ʃə], \dɪstˈɛmpəɹətʃə], \d_ɪ_s_t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə_ɹ_ə_tʃ_ə]\
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n. Bad temperature; excess of heat, cold, or moisture;—confusion; irregularity;—violent disturbance; outrageousness;—mental uneasiness; perturbation;—indisposition.
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Intemperateness, excels of heat or cold; perturbation of the mind.
By Thomas Sheridan
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).