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 (adjective), more incandescent, most incandescent
1. Descriptive of bright, and glowing with light or heat.
2. Relating to something that is shining brilliantly.
. 3. Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance: The singer had an incandescent performance.
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.
incendiarism
incendiary (s) (noun), incendiaries (pl)
1. An arsonist.
2. A person who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator.
incendiary (adjective), more incendiary, most incendiary
1. A reference to that which causes or is capable of causing fire: Jack was found to be the incendiary criminal, or arsonist, who set the neighbour's property on fire.
2. Relating to chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: An incendiary and inflammatory substance is just one example which is used in explosive devices, such as in bombs.
3. Characteristic of someone who inflames others: The politician delivered an incendiary speech to the audience which backfired on him when his opponent responded to his presentation.

One woman's speech in defense of abortion was highly incendiary to her mostly Catholic audience.

;Relating to the deliberate inflammation of a speech against other people.
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incense (s) (noun), incenses (pl)
Spices that are burned for their sweet odors: In religious temples around the world, their are priests who often burn incense as part of their religious services.
incense (verb), incenses; incensed; incensing
To make other people burn with anger: The teacher, Mr. Smith, was incensed by the unruly behavior of one of his pupils.
To enrage or to make someone very angry.
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incensed (adjective), more incensed, most incensed
Descriptive of a person who is enraged, infuriated or spitefully and furiously angry: Debby became quite incensed and outranged when not being treated equally with her sister.
Relating to being violent and exasperated.
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incensement (s) (noun), incensements (pl)
1. Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; such as, an implacable incensement.
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-.