noun🔗ShareThermal energy."This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat.  That engine is really throwing off some heat.  Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid."energyphysicsscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe condition or quality of being hot."Stay out of the heat of the sun!"physicsconditionsensationenergyweatherscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth."The chili sauce gave the dish heat."foodsensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA period of intensity, particularly of emotion."The heat of the argument between the brothers lasted for hours. "emotionperiodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn undesirable amount of attention."The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable."situationmediapoliticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne or more firearms."The collection of heat included a handgun and a rifle. "weaponmilitaryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA fastball."The catcher called for the heat, high and tight."sportessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate."The male canines were attracted by the female in heat."physiologysexanimalbiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race"The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat."sportraceeventessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further."I can make a scroll like that in a single heat."materialprocessindustryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA hot spell."The heat wave this week made it difficult to concentrate in class. "weatheressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHeating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building."The school's new heat is working well; the classrooms are now comfortably warm. "buildingtechnologyutilitysystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe output of a heating system."During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric.  Older folks like more heat than the young."energysystemmachinebuildingutilityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIn omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which alphas and omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate."The heat cycle affected Maya's focus at school; she was preoccupied with the intense urge to find her mate. "physiologysexbiologyliteratureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up")."The oven is heating up the kitchen. "physicsenergyscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become hotter."The oven is heating up quickly. "physicsenergyweatheressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish."The stressful exam preparations heated the students' already anxious feelings. "physiologysensationemotionbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions."The challenging exam questions heated the students' competitive spirit, rousing them to study late into the night. "mindsensationemotionactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo arouse, to excite (sexually)."The massage heated her up."sexsensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
