Heat
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

RUT
A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"

IRE
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

4 letters

RACE
A canal for a current of water

NUKE
The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

WAKE
A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"

5 letters

ARDOR
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

ANGER
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

HOTUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

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HEATUP
Make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

FERVOR
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"

WARMUP
Make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

WARMTH
A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

FIREUP
Begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

IGNITE
Start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

ESTRUS
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

STIRUP
Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

PRELIM
An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

7 letters

HOTNESS
The presence of heat

INFLAME
Cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

PASSION
The trait of being intensely emotional

OESTRUS
Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

HEATING
Utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

8 letters

HANDGUNS

INCUBATE
Sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

PRESSURE
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

9 letters

VEHEMENCE
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

SPICINESS
Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy

CRITICISM
A written evaluation of a work of literature

MICROWAVE
Kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food

10 letters

SULTRINESS
The quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire; "the sultriness of her look was unmistakable"; "the sultriness of lust was in the air"

HEATENERGY
A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

11 letters

TEMPERATURE
The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

12 letters

HEATINGPLANT
Utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

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HEATINGSYSTEM
Utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

14 letters

QUALIFYINGRACE

MIAMIHOOPSTERS

15 letters

HABANEROFEATURE

INTENSEPRESSURE

HIGHTEMPERATURE
The presence of heat