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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALORIFICIENT
CALORIFICIENT
Ca
*
lor
`i *
fi
"cient, a. (Physiol.)
Defn:
Having,
or
relating
to
the
power
of
producing
heat;
--
applied
to
foods
which,
being
rich
in
carbon,
as
the
fats,
are
supposed
to
give
rise
to
heat
in
the
animal
body
by
oxidation.
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