The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calorifacient
Calorifacient \Ca*lor`i*fa"cient\, a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.
Wiktionary
calorifacient
a. (alternative form of calorificient English)
WordNet
calorifacient
adj. producing heat; usually used of foods; "calorifacient chili peppers"
Usage examples of "calorifacient".
The division of food into azotized and non-azotized is no doubt important, but the attempt to show that the first only is plastic or nutritive, while the second is simply calorifacient, or heat-producing, fails entirely in the face of the facts revealed by the study of man in different climates, and of numerous experiments in the feeding of animals.