incandesce
/ˌɪnkanˈdɛs
/verb [no object]
Glow with heat: the lights of the town lay incandescing across the prairie...
- But whilst he found it moderately interesting, it didn't arouse in him the same white hot passion that incandesced like a sun in Gifford, warming and illuminating everyone near.
- Once hot, the metal itself becomes a radiant heat source - and incandesces to a cozy red glow.
- Naked, fresh-scrubbed, practically incandescing with exuberance, she looks like she's posing for a vitamin ad.
Origin
Late 19th century: back-formation from incandescent.
Rhymes
- supererogate
- supererogating
- supererogation
- supererogation man
- supererogative
- supererogator
- supererogatorian
- supererogatorily
- supererogatory
- super-eruption
- superessence
- superessential
- superessentially
- superessive
- superette
- superexalt
- superexaltation
- superexalted
- superexcel
- superexcellence
- superexcellency
- superexcellent
- superexchange
- superexist
- superexistent