All calefaction synonyms
cal·e·fac·tion
C c noun calefaction
- hotness — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- fever — an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions.
- warmth — the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- cold — Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
- climate — The climate of a place is the general weather conditions that are typical of it.
- condition — If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
- torridity — subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area: the torrid sands of the Sahara.
- swelter — to suffer from oppressive heat.
- sultriness — oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
- hotness — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- fiery — consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.
- incalescent — increasing in heat or ardor.
- febricity — the state of being feverish.
- feverish — having fever.
- pyrexia — fever.
- degrees — any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- fervor — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
- dog days — hot summer period
- greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
- fervour — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.