They plan exploitation of body heat? (8)
I believe the answer is:
enthalpy
'body heat?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'they plan exploitation' is the wordplay.
'they plan' can be anagrammed to 'ENTHALPY'.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enthalpy that I've seen before include "Thermodynamic measure of total heat content" , "Measure of energy" , "Total heat content of a system" , "Function for physical chemists" , "Thermodynamic quantity" .)