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Thermal energy.
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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.
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The condition or quality of being hot.
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Stay out of the heat of the sun!
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An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
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The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
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A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
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It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
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An undesirable amount of attention.
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The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
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The police.
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The heat! Scram!
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One or more firearms.
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A fastball.
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The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
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A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
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The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
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A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
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The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
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One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
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I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
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A hot spell.
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The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
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Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
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I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
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The output of a heating system.
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During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
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In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which alphas and omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.