Calorific

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  • adjective. Relating to or generating heat or calories.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating; calorifacient.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.
  • adjective. the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies.
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  • adjective. Relating to calories.
  • adjective. Relating to or producing heat or other energy.
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  • adjective. heat-generating
    • Word Usage
    "Beware these books are very high in calorific value, the food is so effectively tossed, drizzled and served throughout the book you really do have to go off and find a bowl of pasta with a nice sauce, dash of balsamic, few pine nuts, throw on some olives, grating of parmesan ... quite often."
    cross-reference
    calorific rays  
    Equivalent
    hot  
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heating  
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