calorifacient

English

Alternative forms

• calorificient

Etymology

From calori- +‎ -facient.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʃənt

Adjective

calorifacient (comparative more calorifacient, superlative most calorifacient)

1. (physiology, dated) heat-producing; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “calorifacient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Californicate