cand-, can-, cend-
(Latin: to glow, to glow with heat; to burn; to glitter, to shine; white)
Fax mentis incendium gloriae.
The torch of glory inflames the mind.
frankincense
incandescence
incandescent
incend, incends, incended, incending (verb forms)
1. To inflame or to excite; such as, to make a situation worse by making people more angry or excited.
2. To arouse to passionate feelings or actions or to make an emotion; such as, anger or jealousy become more intense.
2. To arouse to passionate feelings or actions or to make an emotion; such as, anger or jealousy become more intense.
incendiarism
incendiary (adjective)
1. That which causes or is capable of causing fire.
2. Of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: an incendiary bomb.
3. Of or involving arson.
4. Tending to inflame; inflammatory: "He delivered an incendiary speech to the audience."
2. Of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: an incendiary bomb.
3. Of or involving arson.
4. Tending to inflame; inflammatory: "He delivered an incendiary speech to the audience."
incendiary (s), incendiaries (pl) (noun forms)
1. An arsonist.
2. A person who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator.
2. A person who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator.
incense (s), incenses (pl) (noun forms)
incense, incenses, incensed, incensing (verb forms)
incensed (adjective)
incensement (s), incensements (pl) (noun forms)
1. Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; such as, an implacable incensement.
2. Violent irritations of the passions; exasperations.
2. Violent irritations of the passions; exasperations.
incensory
votive candle
Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.
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