| AFTERHEAT | • afterheat n. Residual useful heat obtained from a nuclear reactor during aftercooling. • AFTERHEAT n. the heat from fission products in a nuclear reactor after it has been shut down. |
| BREAKBEAT | • breakbeat n. (Music, countable) A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music. • breakbeat n. (Music, uncountable) A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms. • BREAKBEAT n. in house music, a short sample of drum beats taken from old soul or jazz records. |
| BUCKWHEAT | • buckwheat n. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. • buckwheat n. (Cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal. • buckwheat n. (Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum. |
| FARCEMEAT | • farcemeat n. Alternative form of forcemeat. • FARCEMEAT n. meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing, also FORCEMEAT. |
| FORCEMEAT | • forcemeat n. (Cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving… • FORCEMEAT n. meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing, also FARCEMEAT. |
| HEARTBEAT | • heartbeat n. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it. • heartbeat n. The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator. • heartbeat n. A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something. |
| HORSEMEAT | • horsemeat n. The meat from a horse. • HORSEMEAT n. the meat of the horse. |
| LUNCHMEAT | • lunchmeat n. Alternative spelling of lunch meat. • lunch␣meat n. Any processed, prepackaged molded meat served sliced for consumption in sandwiches or salads. • LUNCHMEAT n. a mixture of meat and cereal. |
| MINCEMEAT | • mincemeat n. A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies. • mincemeat n. (Rare) Minced meat, mince. • mincemeat n. (By analogy) A badly cut-up body or parts of a body. |
| MUCKSWEAT | • MUCKSWEAT n. a profuse sweat. |
| OVERGREAT | • overgreat adj. Excessively great. • OVERGREAT adj. too great. |
| OVERTREAT | • overtreat v. (Medicine, transitive) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects. • OVERTREAT v. to treat excessively. |
| PULSEBEAT | • pulsebeat n. A continuous, regular rhythm; a pulse or heartbeat. • pulsebeat n. An intimation of an underlying sentiment etc. • PULSEBEAT n. the pulse. |
| SUPERHEAT | • superheat v. To heat a liquid above its boiling point. • superheat v. To heat a vapour above its saturation point. • superheat v. To heat too much, to overheat. |
| SWEETMEAT | • sweetmeat n. A sweet delicacy; a confection. • sweetmeat n. (Informal) Sweetheart; darling. • SWEETMEAT n. any concoction made mainly or wholly with sugar. |
| SWINGBEAT | • swingbeat n. An early form of new jack swing music. • SWINGBEAT n. a type of dance music. |
| THREEPEAT | • threepeat v. (US, slang) To win something three times consecutively. • threepeat n. (US, slang) A third successive win. • three-peat v. (US, slang) To win somethings three times consecutively. |
| ULTRAHEAT | • ultraheat n. Extreme heat. • ultraheat v. To heat to an extreme temperature. • ULTRAHEAT v. to heat to very high temperatures, as used for sterilisation. |
| UNDERHEAT | • underheat v. (Transitive) To heat insufficiently. • UNDERHEAT v. to heat insufficiently. |
| WORLDBEAT | • worldbeat n. (Music) A music genre that blends Western pop music with traditional folk music or world music. • world␣beat n. Alternative form of worldbeat. • WORLDBEAT n. popular music from outside the western mainstream. |