Able to run in the heat (6)
I believe the answer is:
molten
'able' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for molten that I've seen before include "hot but ready to pour" , "State of moving lava" , "Reduced to liquid form by heating" , "Liquefied by heat" , "Liquid (of metal)" .)