Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it |
Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. |
Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. |
Heat (n.) A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric. |
Heat (n.) The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body |
Heat (n.) High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold |
Heat (n.) Indication of high temperature |
Heat (n.) A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace |
Heat (n.) A violent action unintermitted |
Heat (n.) Utmost violence |
Heat (n.) Agitation of mind |
Heat (n.) Animation, as in discourse |
Heat (n.) Sexual excitement in animals. |
Heat (n.) Fermentation. |
Heat (v. t.) To make hot |
Heat (v. t.) To excite or make hot by action or emotion |
Heat (v. t.) To excite ardor in |
Heat (v. i.) To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat |
Heat (v. i.) To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action |
Heat (imp. & p. p.) Heated |
High-proof (a.) Highly rectified |
High-proof (a.) So as to stand any test. |
Plot-proof (a.) Secure against harm by plots. |
Proof (n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth |
Proof (n.) That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief |
Proof (n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried |
Proof (n.) Firmness of mind |
Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination |
Proof (n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5. |
Proof (v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable |
Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing |
Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting |
Proof (a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength |
Proof-arm (v. t.) To arm with proof armor |
Proof-proof (a.) Proof against proofs |
Resisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resist |
Resistant (a.) Making resistance |
Resistant (n.) One who, or that which, resists. |
Resisting (a.) Making resistance |
Shame-proof (n.) Shameless. |
Shot-proof (a.) Impenetrable by shot. |
validation proof substantiation | the act of validating, finding or testing the truth of something |
resisting arrest | physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest, the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest |
burden of proof | the duty of proving a disputed charge |
damp-proof course damp course | a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building |
gas heat | heating system that burns natural gas |
heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
heat exchanger | device that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
heat lamp infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) |
heat shield | a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry |
heat sink | a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat |
proof | a trial photographic print from a negative |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
heat warmth passion | the trait of being intensely emotional |
heat content total heat enthalpy H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure, enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work |
body temperature blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
hotness heat high temperature | the presence of heat |
fieriness red heat | the heat or the color of fire |
white heat | the hotness of something heated until it turns white |
thermal barrier heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
heat warmth | the sensation caused by heat energy |
proof cogent evidence | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something, if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it |
kinetic theory of heat | a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases |
proof test copy trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
galley proof | a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages |
foundry proof | a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made |
proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it |
mathematical proof | proof of a mathematical theorem |
logical proof | proof of a logical theorem |
dead heat | a tie in a race |
heat flash | a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion) |
heat lightning | bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings), usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds |
heat | a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race |
proof spirit | a mixture containing half alcohol by volume atdegrees Fahrenheit |
heat heat energy | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
heat of dissociation | the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents |
heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
heat of solution | the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent |
latent heat heat of transformation | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure |
heat of condensation | heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid, the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization |
heat of fusion | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature, the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification |
heat of solidification | heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies |
heat of sublimation | heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state |
heat of vaporization heat of vaporisation | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature |
specific heat | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
heat ray | a ray that produces a thermal effect |
heat wave | a wave of unusually hot weather |
heat dissipation | dissipation of heat |