Definitions for incandescent

incandescent in·can·des·cent

Spelling: [in-kuh n-des-uh nt]
IPA: /ˌɪn kənˈdɛs ənt/

Incandescent is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 738 anagrams from letters in incandescent (accdeeinnnst).

Definitions for incandescent

adjective

  1. (of light) produced by incandescence.
  2. glowing or white with heat.
  3. intensely bright; brilliant.
  4. brilliant; masterly; extraordinarily lucid:
  5. aglow with ardor, purpose, etc.:

Origin of incandescent

1785-95; Latin incandēscent- (stem of incandēscēns), present participle of incandēscere to glow. See in-2, candescent

Examples for incandescent

They last far longer than incandescent bulbs and save enormous amounts of energy.

Then leaf by leaf it dropped its petals until only an incandescent core was left.

Then heat the top of the bubble till it is incandescent and blow violently.

Their boat seemed to be sailing on the bosom of an incandescent stream.

Their dimming performance will rarely match that of an incandescent, but it is getting better as the technology improves.

I was then taken to visit his incandescent ovens and his vats in a state of ebullition.

His bright idea turned out to be the incandescent light bulb, which he invented in 1880.

When anything becomes hot enough to glow, we say it is incandescent.

The light of halogen lamps is slightly more “whiteish” than incandescent lamps.

To that end, the budget postpones federal phase-out of incandescent electric bulbs.

Word Value for incandescent
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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