Letter C

Calefacient

1. (noun) Anything that warms.

2. (noun) A substance that produces a feeling of warmth when it is applied to the body.

3. (adjective) Producing warmth; heating.

From the Latin calefacere (to make warm), from calere (to be warm) + facere (to make).

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