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INCALESCENT
Etymology
Adjective
incalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)
Becoming warmer; heating up.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ca*les"cent, a. Etym: [L. incalescens, -entis, p. pr. of incalescere to grow hot. See 1st In-, and Calescence.]
Definition: Growing warm; increasing in heat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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