Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 24 compound words that contain heats. The most common are listed below. Open heats in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- heats upthird-person singular simple present indicative of heat up: To heat, to cause to become hotter.
- specific heatsplural of specific heat: An obsolete term for specific heat capacity.
- dead heatsplural of dead heat: a close race or contest in which no winner is apparent
- heats throughthird-person singular simple present indicative of heat through: To become hot throughout.
- latent heatsplural of latent heat: The heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of a phase.
- over-heatsthird-person singular simple present indicative of over-heat: To heat excessively.
- steam-heatsthird-person singular simple present indicative of steam-heat: To heat with the use of steam.
- white heatsplural of white heat: The state or temperature at which matter emits white light.
- humid heatsplural of humid heat: the heat capacity (specific heat) of humid air, expressed per unit mass of dry air in the mixture. The engineering symbol is cₛ.
- heats of fusionplural of heat of fusion: The amount of heat absorbed by unit mass of a material, at its melting point, that causes a phase transition from solid to liquid
- heats of reactionplural of heat of reaction: The amount of heat evolved or absorbed in the production of one mole of a reaction product
- heats of transformationplural of heat of transformation: The heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of a phase.
- heats of vaporizationplural of heat of vaporization: The amount of heat needed to change a unit mass of material from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point
Compound words 24
- heatsinkAlternative spelling of heat sink: An object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
- heatsinksplural of heatsink: An object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
- overheatsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overheat: To heat excessively.
- heatstableAlternative form of heat stable: That does not break down at high temperatures.
- anticheatsplural of anticheat: Preventing or opposing cheating.
- afterheatsplural of afterheat: Residual heat, such as that obtained from a nuclear reactor during aftercooling, or in cooking after the heat is switched off.
- escheatsplural of escheat: The return, conversion, or vesting of property of a deceased person or closed business to the government (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants. It is known as bona vacantia in the …
- heatshockAlternative form of heat shock: The response of an organism to a rapid rise in temperature
- heatshockingpresent participle and gerund of heatshock
- heatsinkedsimple past and past participle of heatsink