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Adjective: warm-blooded  'worm 'blú-did
  1. (zoology) maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the environment
    "Mammals and birds are warm-blooded animals"
     
  2. Prone to emotion
    "Her warm-blooded response showed how deeply she cared";
    - hot-blooded

See also: emotional, homeothermic, homoiothermic, homothermic

Antonym: cold-blooded

Encyclopedia: Warm-blooded