Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Candent \Can`dent\, a. [L. candens, p. pr. of cand["e]re to
   glitter. See {Candid}.]
   Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. ``A candent vessel.''
   --Boyle.

Source : WordNet®

candent
     adj : emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent
           bulb" [syn: {incandescent}]