Word Finder - hotter

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(of an object) Having a high temperature.

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He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.

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(of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.

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It is hotter in summer than in winter.

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(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

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Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?

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(of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.

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Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.

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Feverish.

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(of food) Spicy.

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Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.

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Very good, remarkable, exciting.

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He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.

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Stolen.

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hot merchandise

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Electrically charged.

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a hot wire

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Radioactive.

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(of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.

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That stripper is hot!

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Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.

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Sexually aroused; randy.

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Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!

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(with for) Attracted to.

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hot for her English teacher

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Popular; in demand.

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This new pickup is so hot we can't keep it in stock!

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Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.

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a hot topic

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Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.

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Am I warm yet? — You're hot!

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Performing strongly; having repeated successes.

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Fresh; just released.

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Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.

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Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something

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He was finished in a hot minute.

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Characterized by police presence or activity.

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I wouldn't speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night.

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(of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.

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I wouldn't trust him. He gave me a hot check last week.

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One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.

It has become hotter and less humid.

Her face grew hotter and she gnawed at her bottom lip.

Her face burned hotter.

The hotter the furnace the greater is the rise of temperature of the couple.

Though one species of coffee is indigenous in the hotter Himalayan forests, the climate does not appear suitable for the growth of the plant which supplies the coffee of commerce.

The sun is getting hotter, making you very thirsty.

Her face grew hotter.

Carmen's face burned even hotter.

Among the more remarkable phenomena of the hotter seas of Asia must be noticed the revolving storms or cyclones, which are of frequent occurrence in the hot months in the Indian Ocean and China Sea, in which last they are known under the name of typhoon.

Siberia, north of the 50th parallel, has a climate not much differing from a similarly situated portion of Europe, though the winters are more severe and the summers hotter.

The vegetation of the hot and dry region of the south-west of the continent consists largely of plants which are diffused over Africa, Baluchistan and Sind; many of these extend into the hotter parts of India, and not a few common Egyptian plants are to be met with in the Indian peninsula.

The bath is heated internally with the current rather than by means of external fuel, because this arrangement permits the vessel itself to be kept comparatively cool; if it were fired from without, it would be hotter than the electrolyte, and no material suitable for the construction of the cell is competent to withstand the attack of nascent aluminium at high temperatures.

The tropical forest is characterized by the trees of the hotter and drier parts of southern India, combined with a few of European type.

If anything, it was even hotter.

Of these emigrants some return the following spring, and are recognizable by the more advanced state of their plumage, the effect presumably of having wintered in countries enjoying a brighter and hotter sun.

It is admitted, however, by all competent botanists that the almond is wild in the hotter and drier parts of the Mediterranean and Levantine regions.

South of the sierras, however, the climate is much drier and hotter.

In a sheet-glass tank there is therefore a gradient of temperature and a continuous passage of material from the hotter end of the furnace where the raw materials are introduced to the cooler end where the glass, free from bubbles and raw material, is withdrawn by the gatherers.

In the hearth of the blast furnace the heat made latent by the fusion of the iron and slag must of course be supplied by some body which is itself at a temperature above the melting point of these bodies, which for simplicity of exposition we may call the critical temperature of the blast-furnace process, because heat will flow only from a hotter to a cooler object.

The climate may be described as temperate and approximating to that of southern England, but it is somewhat hotter in summer and a little colder in winter.

So trying is the heat that some parts of the Persian Gulf are almost uninhabitable to natives in the hotter months.

It was shown by Homer Lane that a mass of gas held in equilibrium by the mutual gravitation of its parts actually grows hotter through radiating heat; the heat gained by the resulting contraction more than counterbalances that lost by radiation.

Thus in the first stage of a star's history we find it gradually condensing from a highly diffused gaseous state, and growing hotter as it does so.

The tigers which inhabit hotter regions, as Bengal and the south Asiatic islands, have shorter and smoother hair, and are more richly coloured and distinctly striped than those of northern China and Siberia, in which the fur is longer, softer and lighter-coloured.

Speaking broadly, the general type of the flora of the lower, hotter and wetter regions, which extend along the great plain at the foot of the Himalaya, and include the valleys of the larger rivers which penetrate far into the mountains, does not differ from that of the contiguous peninsula and islands, though the tropical and insular character gradually becomes less marked going from east to west, where, with a greater elevation and distance from the sea and higher latitude, the rainfall and humidity diminish and the winter cold increases.

Some -of the snakes of India are to be seen in the hotter regions, including the python and some of the venomous species, the cobra being found as high up as 8000 or 9000 ft., though not common.

Of the principal families, the Acanthopterygii, which are abundant in the hotter parts of India, hardly enter the mountains, two genera only being found, of which one is the peculiar amphibious genus Ophiocephalus.

Notwithstanding that Algarve is hotter than Alemtejo, a profuse vegetation takes away much of the tropical effect.

The forty species of Nepenthes are mostly natives of the hotter parts of the Indian Archipelago, but a few range into Ceylon, Bengal, Cochin China, and some even occur in tropical Australia on the one hand, and in the Seychelles and Madagascar on the other.

It would never get established because currents would arise to exchange the positions of the hotter, less dense, inner parts and the cooler, more dense, outer ones.

In consequence of the radiation of heat the whole body will be more condensed than before, but whether it is hotter or colder than before will depend on whether the contraction set up is more or less than enough to restore an exact balance.

The inside shape of the producer is such that the upper, less hot portion cannot get stopped, as it widens out towards the bottom; the lower, hotter portion, where the ashes are already fluxed, is contracted to a slit a, through which the air ascends.

On the 12th of November, however, urged on by the hotter heads among the peasant leaders and deceived by false reports of Austrian victories, Hofer again issued a proclamation calling the mountaineers to arms. The summons met with little response; the enemy advanced in irresistible force, and Hofer, a price once more set on his head, had to take refuge in the mountains.

The winters are longer and more severe, and the summers are hotter.

She'd teased and flirted with him, adventurous one minute and submissive the next in a way that made him burn hotter for her.

With each mention of his name, Rhyn's eyes flared hotter.

Her face flamed hotter and tears threatened to well up in her eyes.

It's way too… Her gaze lingered on it, and her face felt even hotter.

Generally, the hotter the pepper, the more capsaicin it contains, and the healthier it is for your body.

The solar corona is hotter than a million degrees Celsius The Sun is our nearest star.

It suggests that he might be in even hotter water than his latest gaff has dropped him into.

Dried ginger is hotter then fresh ginger which is sweeter.

Brown mustard seed is smaller and hotter, traditional for Asian and African cooking, and comes from the Indian mustard, Brassica ramosa.

Climate change is affecting and will continue to affect London, as our summers become hotter and drier and our winters wetter.

The formation of dense banks of cloud in the afternoon, when the up wind is strongest, along the southern face of the snowy ranges of the Himalaya, is a regular daily phenomenon during the hotter months of the year, and heavy rain, accompanied by electrical discharges, is the frequent result of such condensation.

The vegetation of the Malayan Islands is for the most part that of the wetter and hotter region of India; but the greater uniformity of the temperature and humidity leads to the predomin ance of certain tropical forms not so conspicuous in India, while the proximity of the Australian continent has permitted the partial diffusion of Australian types which are not seen in India.

If we are dealing with comparatively recent periods there is no evidence of progressive change, but if we go to remote epochs and suppose the sun to have once been diffused in a nebulous state, it is clear that its shrinkage, in spite of radiation, has left it hotter, so that the shrinkage has outrun what would suffice to maintain its radiation.

It will take a few days to acclimate to this hotter weather.

Pack a variety of clothing to keep your baby comfortable in case it is hotter or colder than you anticipated.

Finally, there are stainless steel cookware sets, which are easy to clean but are also prone to hot spots, where one area of the pan bottom heats hotter than others.