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Thermal

Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Broader term 1

Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Calorie 74% connected

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of wate…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Calorie 74% connected

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of wate…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thermic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

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Thermic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

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Pertains to 1

Heat 66% 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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Synonym 2

Caloric 92% connected

The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thermic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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