plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.Geothermal
of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
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a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.the act of decreasing something markedly
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
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A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientifi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: heat, interior, earth.Explore Academic Dictionary
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