9
blazing(adjective, heat, heated, fiery, dormant)
9
burning(adjective, heated, thick, gray, glowing)
6
glowing(adjective, heat, burned)
6
smoking(verb, adjective, heat, glowing, dormant)
5
ablaze(adjective, heat, heated, glowing, fiery)
5
reeking(noun, adjective, thick, gray, murky)
5
alight(heat, glowing, burned)
5
flaming(adjective, heated, fiery)
5
on fire(expression, idiom, heat, glowing, fiery)
4
afire(heat, glowing, fiery, burned)
4
aflame(adjective, heated, glowing, fiery, dormant)
4
dormant(adjective, inactive, sleeping, physical inertness)
4
foul
4
hot(adjective, heated)
4
latent(adjective, hidden, dormant, physical inertness)
4
live
4
simmering
3
smouldering
3
incandescent(heat, glowing, burned)
3
candent
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