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Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..

Incend :: Incend (v. t.) To inflame; to excite.

Incendental :: Incendental (n.) An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals..

Incendiaries :: Incendiaries (pl. ) of Incendiar.

Incendiarism :: Incendiarism (n.) The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.

Incendiary :: Incendiary (n.) Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.

Incendiary :: Incendiary (n.) A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter..

Incendiary :: Incendiary (a.) Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime..

Incendiary :: Incendiary (a.) Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious..

Incendious :: Incendious (a.) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.

Incensant :: Incensant (a.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect..

Incensation :: Incensation (n.) The offering of incense.

Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

Incense :: Incense (n.) To offer incense to. See Incense.

Incense :: Incense (n.) To perfume with, or as with, incense..

Incense :: Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

Incense :: Incense (n.) The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc..

Incense :: Incense (n.) Also used figuratively.

Incensebreathing :: Incensebreathing (a.) Breathing or exhaling incense.

Incensed :: Incensed (imp. & p. p.) of Incens.

Incensed :: Incensed (a.) Angered; enraged.

Incensed :: Incensed (a.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes..

Incensement :: Incensement (n.) Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement..

Incenser :: Incenser (n.) One who instigates or incites.

Incensing :: Incensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incens.

Incension :: Incension (n.) The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire..

Incensive :: Incensive (a.) Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.