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Calorificient
Webster's Dictionary
(a.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Calorificient'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/calorificient.html. 1828.