| Superheat 1. (v. t.) To heat too much, to overheat; to heat beyond the boiling point; as, to superheat a liquid. 2. (v. t.) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas. 3. (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it. Thesaurus Entries animal heat, blood heat, body heat, burning, calidity, caloric, chafe, coal heat, convected heat, cook, electric heat, electric-heat, fever, fever heat, fire, fire up, foment, gas heat, gas-heat, heat, heatedness, heating, hot, hot up, hot-air heat, hot-air-heat, hot-water-heat, hotness, hypothermia, incalescence, induction heat, molecular heat, mull, oil heat, overheat, preheat, radiant heat, recook, reheat, solar heat, steam, steam heat, stoke up, superheatedness, tepefy, thermal radiation, ultraviolet heat, warm, warm over, warm up, warmness, warmth |