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calorifacient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
calori-fa-cient
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Dated

Etymology

From calori- + -facient.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more calorifacient (comparative) most calorifacient (superlative) calorificient (alternative)

Synonyms

heaty

Rhymes With

efficient cost-efficient sufficient self-sufficient insufficient inefficient coefficient deficient proficient omniscient immunodeficient haploinsufficient

Questions

What does calorifacient mean?
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.
Where does calorifacient come from?
From calori- + -facient.

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