plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
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Geothermal energy
energy derived from 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.of or relating to 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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the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur; "catalysts are said to red…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, 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: energy, derived, 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: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free ener…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.a definite stable energy that a physical system can have; used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules; "according…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur; "catalysts are said to red…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.a definite stable energy that a physical system can have; used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules; "according…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.the energy involved in the exchange interaction.; "Exchange energy splittings are very elusive to calculate for molecular systems at l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: energy, derived, heat, interior, earth.
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