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Meaning of CALEFACIENT

Pronunciation:  `kalu'feyshunt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient"
 

CALEFACIENT is a 11 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: hot, warming
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cal`e*fa"cient\, a. [L. calefaciens p. pr. of
    calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make.]
    Making warm; heating. [R.]
    
    
  2. \Cal`e*fa"cient\, n.
    A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is
    applied, as mustard.
    
    
 

 

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