'Candescent' definitions:
Definition of 'candescent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Glowing from great heat
Definition of 'Candescent'
From: GCIDE
- Candescent \Can*des"cent\, a. [L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.] Glowing; luminous; incandescent. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'candescent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- afire,
- aflame,
- aflicker,
- aglow,
- alight,
- ardent,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- blazing,
- blushing,
- bright and sunny,
- burning,
- candent,
- comburent,
- conflagrant,
- flagrant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flickering,
- flushing,
- fuming,
- gleaming,
- gleamy,
- glinting,
- glowing,
- guttering,
- ignescent,
- ignited,
- illuminant,
- in a blaze,
- in a glow,
- in flames,
- incandescent,
- inflamed,
- irradiative,
- kindled,
- lamping,
- light as day,
- live,
- living,
- luciferous,
- lucific,
- luciform,
- luminant,
- luminative,
- luminiferous,
- luminificent,
- luminous,
- lustrous,
- on fire,
- orient,
- radiant,
- reeking,
- rutilant,
- rutilous,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- shining,
- shiny,
- smoking,
- smoldering,
- sparking,
- starbright,
- starlike,
- starry,
- streaming,
- suffused,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- unextinguished,
- unquenched