caloric
(adjective) of or relating to calories in food; “comparison of foods on a caloric basis”; “the caloric content of foods”
thermal, thermic, caloric
(adjective) relating to or associated with heat; “thermal movements of molecules”; “thermal capacity”; “thermic energy”; “the caloric effect of sunlight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
caloric (comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric)
Relating to calories.
Containing calories.
synonym of calorific.
synonym of calorific.
• calorific (UK)
• noncaloric
caloric (uncountable)
(historical) The hypothetical medium of heat.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*lor"ic, n. Etym: [L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique.] (Physics)
Definition: The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. Caloric expands all bodies. Henry.
Ca*lor"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to caloric. Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated air.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
