Calorificient

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calorificient \Ca*lor`i*fi"cient\, a. (Physiol.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]