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incandescent
1. emitting light as a result of being heated
“plumes of incandescent liquid rock”
2. (of an electric light) containing a filament which glows white-hot when heated by a current passed through it
“an incandescent lamp”
adjective
/ˌɪnkənˈdɛs(ə)nt/
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"The fireplace's incandescent embers provided a gentle _____ in the cold winter night."
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