| A | B |
| recipe | Instructions for preparing a particular food. |
| yield | The average amount or number of servings a given recipe will produce. |
| cooking time | Total amount of time food in a microwave oven is exposed to microwave energy. |
| watt | A unit of power. |
| dehydration | The process of drying. |
| standing time | Time which foods finish cooking by internal heat after removal from microwave. |
| hot spot | Area of food cooked in microwave reaching highter temp. than surrounding areas. |
| arcing | Sparking that occurs in microwave oven when metal comes in contact with oven walls. |
| time-work schedule | Written plan listing actual times for doing specific tasks. |
| dovetail | To overlap tasks to use time more efficiently. |