black heat

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noun

heat emitted by an electric element made from low-resistance thick wire that does not glow red

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Words nearby black heat

Black Hawk War, blackhead, black-headed gull, blackheart, black-hearted, black heat, Blackheath, black heroin, Black Hills, black hole, Black Hole of Calcutta

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How to use black heat in a sentence

And I turned and strode again in haste across the floor of black heat, broken and seamed with red light.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate|George MacDonald
If the iron is at a black heat, the tissue will stick to the iron and will pull away from the surface of the wound.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture