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
- pass-by
- pass card
- pass check
- Passchendaele, Battle of
- passcode
- pass court
- pass coverage
- pass defence
- pass defense
- pass deflection
- pass degree
- pass door
- passecaille
- passecalle
- Passe Crasanne
- Passe Crassane
- passed ball
- passed-down
- passed master
- passed-on
- passed-out
- passed-over
- passed pawn
- passeggiata
- passeguard