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Temperature

Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

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Boil 76% connected

To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it…

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Cold 76% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Coldness 76% connected

The state or quality of being cold.

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Frigidness 76% connected

The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

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Heat 76% connected

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…

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Hotness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hot.

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Mercury 76% connected

A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower…

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Simmer 76% connected

To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.

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Warmth 76% connected

The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth.

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Cold 66% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Cold 66% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Cool 66% connected

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

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Cool 66% connected

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

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Hot 66% connected

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Hot 66% connected

of Hight

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Warm 66% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

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Warm 66% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

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