HEAT, HEATED, HEATER, HEATING
ADJECTIVES
► AESTUANT boiling; heaving with heat → 1633 obs.
► AESTUATING boiling; heaving with heat → 1674 obs.
► CALEFACIENT heating, warming → 1655
► CALEFACTED heated, warm → 1599 obs.
► CALEFACTIVE producing heat → LME
► CALEFACTORY warming; serving to heat → 1530
► CALESCENT growing warm, increasing in heat → 1795
► CANDENT at a white heat; glowing with heat → 1577 obs.
► CANDESCENT glowing with heat → 1824
► FIREFANGED damaged by excessive heat → 1839 Amer. dial.
► GRAME of heat: fierce → c1000 obs.
► HEATFUL full of heat or warmth → 1591
► HET ► HET UP heated → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOTTED UP heated → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MALTED perspiring; heated → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RADIANT of heat: strong, fierce → 1508 obs.
ADVERBS
► CALORICALLY in the manner of heat, as heat → 1869
NOUNS
► ADUSTNESS scorching heat, the state of being scorched → 1652 obs.
► BEEKING exposure to genial warmth or heat → 1523 obs. exc. Sc.
► CALEFACTION the act of heating or making something warm; a heated state → 1540
► CALEFACTOR a small stove; a heater
► CALESCENCE increasing warmth or heat → 1846
► CALIDITY warmth, heat → 1528 obs.
► CALOR ► CALOUR heat, warmth → 1599 obs.
► EFFERVENCY the condition of being overheated, of issuing forth in a heated state → 1670 obs.
► JIMPTION heat, fire → 1887 Amer. dial.
► LEW warmth, heat → 1591 obs. exc. Sc.
► MALT sweat; great heat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MASH heat, a condition of heat and perspiration → 1880 Eng. dial.
► MEETHNESS extreme heat; sultriness; soft, close weather → 1768 Sc.
► METHODIST HELL the epitome of heat → 1975 US sl.
► MONKEY a heat wave; heat prostration → 1918 Amer. dial.
► OLG an oppressive heat; warm vapour rising from the ground → 1908 Sc. obs.
► RISCALDATION the act of warming or heating something → 1599 obs.
► SCAM a sudden glow of heat or red in the sky → 1939 Sc.
► SIZZARD heat with high humidity
► SWELTING sweltering heat → 1571 obs.
► THERMOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of heat → 1991 (Bk.)
► VEEM a close heat over the body, with redness of face, and some perspiration → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► WITCH WATER a mirage on hot pavement; heat waves on the road → 1946 Amer. dial.
PHRASES
► BEAR GOT HIM, THE he was overcome by the heat; he had a sunstroke → 1950 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► ACHAFE to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone’s wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe → c1325 obs.
► CALEFY to make warm or hot; to warm, to heat → 1526 obs.
► FIREFANG to become damaged by excessive heat → 1839 Amer. dial.
► HEATEN to heat, to make hot or warm → 1559 obs.
► HOT to heat → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MAFFLE to stifle, overcome with heat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SEE MONKEYS to be overcome by heat → 1918 Amer. dial.