ignescent
(adjective) can emit sparks or burst into flame
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ignescent (not comparable)
Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating.
ignescent (plural ignescents)
A stone that emits sparks of fire when struck with steel.
Source: Wiktionary
Ig*nes"cent, a. Etym: [L. ignescens, p.pr. of ignescere to become inflamed, fr. ignis fire: cf. F. ignescent.]
Definition: Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 April 2025
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
