Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The temperature or physical condition of a white-hot substance.
- n. Intense emotion or excitement: working at white heat to make the deadline.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the hotness of something heated until it turns white
Examples
“Whenever AEschylus, Dante, Shakspere, Milton, are at white heat they require no exposition, but meditation only ” the meditation akin to the sentiment of little children who listen, intent upon every syllable, and passionately eager of soul, to hearth-side tragedies.”
“Warm words were passing between Thomas and Blanc, when suddenly Moore grasped the heated poker ” the end in the fire being at white heat ” and calling to Thomas with a stentorian voice, “General Thomas! you take that white-headed French scoundrel, and I'll take blue-nose,” and, brandishing his hot poker over his head, he charged, as with the bayonet, pointing the poker at the stomach of Raphignac.”
“And next day Martin Eden cast hack-work aside, and at white heat hammered out an essay to which he gave the title, "The Philosophy of Illusion.”
“Cara bent her head and riffled through the crumbly yellowed pages in a white heat of embarrassment.”
“The work was undoubtedly written at a white heat of inspiration, for at the time MacDowell was not only grieved over the death of his old master and friend, Joachim Raff, but was also harrassed by the drudgery and struggle of his own existence.”
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white phrase/words
how white is used
white acajou, white-aproned, white fir, white-armed, white-back, white-arsed, white elm, white-ash breeze, white admiral, white-fly, white ale, white ash and 591 more...
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Colour my Wordie!
Words and short phrases with colour names in them
blackguard, black box, black market, blue moon, blue-collar worker, true-blue, blue-blooded, pink slip, tickled pink, pink elephant, white elephant, white gold and 81 more...
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Painful pleasure or; I read too much ...
Words that used far too commonly in fanfic, which I wouldn't notice if I didn't belong to so many sporking comms on LiveJournal.
elicit, thrust, member, swirling, flower, smirk, orbs, juicy, maidenhood, essence, manly, shaft and 13 more...
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