calorie

/kæləri/ noun

7 letters3 syllables9 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS2

NOUN

Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure.

A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food.

WORD FORMS

Related formcaloric

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®9 points

Words With Friends®11 points

Double word18 points

Triple word27 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinaloriecay

Starts & ends withC … E

Syllablescal · o · rie

SYNONYMS & RELATED7

gram calorie small calorie caloric kilocalorie kilogram calorie large calorie nutritionist's calorie

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS

cariole9 coalier9 loricae9

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