WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incandesce
    v 1: cause to become incandescent or glow; "the lamp was
         incandesced"
    2: become incandescent or glow with heat; "an incandescing body"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "incandesce":
   bake, be bright, be in heat, beacon, beam, bedazzle, blaze, blind,
   bloom, boil, broil, burn, choke, combust, cook, daze, dazzle,
   diffuse light, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flash, flicker,
   flush, fry, fulgurate, gasp, give light, glance, glare, gleam,
   glint, glow, luster, pant, parch, radiate, radiate heat, roast,
   scald, scorch, seethe, send out rays, shimmer with heat, shine,
   shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, simmer, smolder, smother,
   spark, steam, stew, stifle, suffocate, sweat, swelter, toast