Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
heat-generating;
- Example: "the calorific properties of fuels"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calorific \Cal`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. calorificus; calor heat +
facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.]
Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.
[1913 Webster]
Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate
from the sun, and from burning and heated bodies.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calorific
adj 1: heat-generating; "the calorific properties of fuels"