
Meaning of CALEFACIENT
| Pronunciation: | | `kalu'feyshunt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" |
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CALEFACIENT is a 11 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | hot, warming |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.]
\Cal`e*fa"cient\, n.
A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is
applied, as mustard.
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