10-Letter Words Ending in C

Arranged in order of rank

Classified according to various criteria

Rich Archie upset about order of importance

Pl. histologies The anatomical study of the microscopic structure of animal and plant tissues.

This ironic novel is melodramatic

Of acting; dramatic

Like a ham's performance

Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Like John Singer Sargent's "Male Nudes Wrestling"

Like much of Shakespeare's and Sappho's love poetry

Disliking or fearing homosexuals to an unreasonable degree.

HOMOPHONE A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

Cultural

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.""

Water

Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.

Growing without soil

HYDROSOL an aqueous solution of a colloid

HYDROXYL the group containing oxygen and hydrogen

""Of, pertaining to, or using a pressure that is greater than normal atmospheric pressure; as, a hyperbaric chamber, where divers may decompress slowly to avoid the bends.as, a hyperbaric chamber, where divers may decompress slowly to avoid the bends.""

Over the top

Type of geometry

Like some geometric curves

HYPERGOL a rocket fuel

MANIC one who is affected with mania

Abnormally deep or rapid breathing.

Faster than Mach 5

Very much faster than sound

Why person ice-skating circles very fast (wordplay)

""Having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution; -- of an aqueous solution. Increasing the concentration of dissolved solids increases the osmotic pressure, and thus the tonicity of a solution. Opposite of hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic.hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic.""

Leading to sleep; applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Variant of hypnagogic .

Like a flu shot

Type of syringe

Kind of needle

STATIC random noise produced in a radio or television receiver

TACTIC a manoeuvre for gaining an objective

Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

I tire and can go funny - caused by medical treatment (wordplay)

High-minded - italicised (anagram)

Utopian cities laid out

Striving for perfection

IDEOGRAM a type of written symbol

Clip of fool in 2 down in charge of disease with no known cause

Lacking in drawing power (wordplay)

Lacking in taste

Lacking creative talent; intact iris (anagram)

Having frequencies below those of audible sounds

Cars, if in no condition, cannot be heard

Discordant

Dissonant

IONIC a style of type

Adjective (-ic)

Having equal entropy.

Adjective (-ic)

ISOENZYME

Of the conjugation of two similar reproductive cells

ISOGLOSS a line indicating linguistically varied areas

Isomorphous.

Having equal pressure.

ISOPLETH a type of {isogram=n}

Loyal to a fault

Jack in turn is tribal leader in charge who is chauvinistic

Patriotic

KAOLINITE

Adjective (-ic)

KARYOTYPE

KERYGMA the early preaching of the Christian gospel

English word

Inducing lactation.

Disease and Illness

Adjective (-ic)

Fussy about rules

Excessively adhering to the law

Formal to a fault

LEUKOCYTE

An abnormally low number of white blood cells in the circulating blood.

Adjective (-ic)

Related to speech

Belonging to language.

Relating to language

Having an affinity for lipids; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules. Contrasted to lipophobic or polar.lipophobic or polar.

Having an affinity for lipids.

Rocky, light and cool, I suspect

""Excessive, uncontrollable, or incoherent talkativeness""

Adjective (-ic)

""MACROCYTE An abnormally large red blood cell, associated with pernicious anemia.""

""Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.Madrepora.""

Secondary fermentation

Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

Araucaria absent in exam about dealing with comparison of pressures

Of or pertaining to the masseter.

MASTODON an extinct elephant-like mammal

See Mathematical. Mathematical.

Name deriving from female ancestor; my, romantic (anagram)

MEDIAE media

Like Stonehenge

""MEGAPHONE A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.""

""MEGASCOPE A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.""

MEGASPORE

Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.

With multiple notes sung to one syllable

MENING mene

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

MESOPHYTE

Like "chariot of fire" for the sun

Not literal

Figurative way to omit chapter where model disappears

Philosophical groundwork

In what orchestras make, the pay varies - there's no universal system of thought

""Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth. as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.""

METATE a stone used for grinding grains

Of a space-travelling object that has fallen to earth

""METRONOME An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.""

""MICROCYTE One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in an\'91mia.""

""Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.""

""MONOACID a type of acid, also MONACID""

MONOCARP a plant that yields fruit only once before dying

""Having one oblique intersection; said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization. Crystallization.""

Relating to a government whose leader has absolute power

Having one ring of atoms in the molecule

Containing one replaceable atom of hydrogen.

Immovably massive

Monumental record ignited this as the Romans said

Fitness freak, for one

Person obsessed with one issue

Obsessive type

Like most 1950s recordings

MONOSTELE

Pronouncing on issues of right and wrong

Upright, to a fault

Righteously ethical

Of a form of marriage

Kind of marriage.

Of a kind of royal marriage

Adjective (-ic)

MUSCARINE

Abnormal muscular weakness or fatigue.

MYELOCYTE

""Of, relating to, or recorded in myths or mythology.""

Of or relating to the making of myths.

NAPHTHENE A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

Relating to nativism.

Revivalist (art)

Recreating ancient motifs

In a style revived from the past

English word

""Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

NEPHELINE

NEPOTIST one who practices {nepotism=n}

Caused by the nervous system

The medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it.

A toxin that damages or destroys nerve tissue.

*Believing in nothing

Believing in nothing

Rejecting all values

NOMOTHETE A lawgiver.

ALLELIC pertaining to {allele=n}

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

ASCETIC one who practices self-denial for religious reasons

CALORIC heat

CARDIAC a person with a heart disorder

Twine, as opposed to rubber bands

ENZYMIC pertaining to an {enzyme=n}

GENETIC pertaining to {genetics=n}

MIMETIC resembling {mimesis=n}

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

NOVELIST one who writes novels

Pertaining to collectors' items.

Relating to coins or currency

Of coins

Relating to rule by a few

Of a tightknit ruling group

OLIGOMER a type of complex chemical compound

OLIVINE a mineral

Chimp loath to get hit about the eye

Located in the region of the eye

Regarding the eyes, doubly hard to claim pension, initially, after surgery

Hopeful and confident

Happy-go-lucky

When Mr. Tebow is hopeful, he feels...

The practice or profession of an optometrist.

ORGANISM any form of animal or plant life

OROGEN a region which has undergone orogeny

The study of the physical geography of mountains and mountain ranges.

Certain kind of shoe or brace

Like some shoes

Back in the USA? One could have such a problem

Instruments ()

Osteogenetic.

Like plastic silverware

PACIFIST an advocate of {pacifism=n}

A patricide (anagram)

I act with a pride, running round, dealing with sick children

Adjective (-ic)

Amid 17, shorten form of an organ

Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

Of wordless expression

Rubbish for parodying, like some theatrical entertainment

""Joining the uniting of two individual organisms or animals anatomically and physiologically, under either experimental or natural conditions. ; parabiotic,""

""PARACHUTE A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.""

PARADISE a place of extreme beauty and delight

Often Paradise The Garden of Eden.

""PARAFFINE A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.paraffins.""

""Mathematics a. A constant in an equation that varies in other equations of the same general form, especially such a constant in the equation of a curve or surface that can be varied to represent a family of curves or surfaces.""

Blame taken by feeble soldier about having immobilised lower section

""Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.""

PARODIST one who {parodies=v}

Causing disease

Notice gap in organisation - hospital cuts could cause disease

Route around soldier in charge may carry infectious consequences

Of or relating to pathology.

Russian middle name

Sort of name unusual for Cypriot man

Name derived from forefather

Of or pertaining to pederasty.

PEDOPHILE A person who has pedophilia.

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite. as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.""

Like the scale C-D-E-G-A-C

Description of scale that could be found in ancient pot

PERICYCLE

""Sessile organisms, such as algae and small crustaceans, that live attached to surfaces projecting from the bottom of a freshwater aquatic environment.""

Viewing on all sides

PETROL to supply with petrol (gasoline)

""PHAGOCYTE A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.""

Spectral tailless rodents seen by parking area in southern county

Eerie

PHENOTYPE

Drunken hack almost lit pile of stamps

Relating to postage stamps

For stamp collectors

Being thus makes the GP calm, I fancy

Precarious plight came without emotion

Calm on pitch with game left in the air

""Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.""

PHONEME a unit of speech

Pl. phonologies The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.

""Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules. as, phosphatic nodules.""

The acid in Coca Cola

Relating to a particular element

Liable to be shot (wordplay)

Pretty as a picture (wordplay)

Welcome adjective for screen hopefuls.

""Decaying the breakdown of matter or materials under the influence of light. ; photolytic , adj . Light ()""

Rendering the skin susceptible to damage by light. Used of certain medications and cosmetics.

Poisonous to plants.

PLANKTON the minute animal and plant life of a body of water

Having the property of pleochroism.

PLEONASTE A black variety of spinel.

PLEUSTON aquatic vegetation

Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.

Hospital able to treat wide variety of diseases

CYCLIC moving in complete circles

CYSTIC pertaining to a {cyst=n}

Excessive or abnormal thirst.

Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.

PHASIC relating to a phase

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

POPULIST a member of a party which represents the common people

Adjective (-ic)