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Gentle heat
Answer for the clue "Gentle heat ", 5 letters:
tepor
Word definitions for tepor in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tepor \Te"por\, n. [L., fr. tepere to be tepid.] Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness. --Arbuthnot.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) lukewarmness, tepidness, moderate warmth.
Usage examples of tepor.
The tepor of her politeness was like a blow between the eyes, and he peered blindly into her face in vain for some sign of the girl he knew.
Upon contact with this tepor that washed his body together with his clothing, Roberto remembered the time he discovered, in the Palais Rambouillet, two separate tubs for the use of the marquise, whose concern for the care of her body provided a subject of conversation in a society where washing was not frequent.