10-Letter Words Ending in C

ACTIVIST an advocate of {activism=n}

Affected with albinism.

""ALKAHEST the hypothetical solvent sought by alchemists, also ALCAHEST""

Of or involving a change in the shape and activity of an enzyme that results from molecular binding with a regulatory substance at a site other than the enzymatically active one.

Unselfish liars? Cut it out!

Concerned for others' wellbeing

Hardly selfish

Aiding the memory

Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

Ether, for one

It may put you to sleep

It may be administered before surgery

""Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. as, the dry annalistic style.""

Application for injury benefit, perhaps

Preventing growth of microorganisms

Alcohol, for example.

Counteracting electrical build-up

Kind of carpet

Tending to resist charge build-up

Inclined to quote maxims

Like an adage

Expressed pithily.

""Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.""

""Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.""

ASCOCARP a spore-producing organ of certain fungi

ASCOSPORE One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi.

Not right insight (wordplay)

Suffering distortions of vision

Having double-vision

ASTROCYTE a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.

Sky-high (colloq.)

Extremely large (colloq.)

It can be so romantic - really great!

Not regularly shaped

Not perfectly balanced

Like this puzzle's grid

Type of curve, in math.

Of or pertaining to austenite.

AXOPLASM the cytoplasm of an axon

BASOPHILE

BIOSPHERE

A disc-shaped layer of cells on the surface of the yolk mass of an egg (such as that of a bird) which develops to form the embryo.

Having a hidden meaning

""CELLULOSE Consisting of, or containing, cells.""

""CHIASMA a connection formed during meiosis, also CHIASM""

Millenarian.

COLORIST a person skilled in the use of color

Produced by cosmic rays.

Pl. cosmogonies The astrophysical study of the origin and evolution of the universe.

Crescentshaped.

CRYOSCOPE an instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.

CRYOSTAT a refrigeration apparatus

Having an inhibitory action on cell growth or cell division.

Indicating the nature of an illness

Computer error message

A symptom used to identify a disease

Detectives welcoming one black friend's return with spondee, say

An instrument that measures and indicates the amount of x-rays or radiation absorbed in a given period.

DYNAMIST an adherent of {dynamism=n}

""An inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract, usually caused by a bacterial, parasitic, or protozoan infection and resulting in pain, fever, and severe diarrhea, often accompanied by the passage of blood and mucus.""

Adjective (-ic)

""Abnormal development or growth of tissues, organs, or cells.""

""Medicine Of, relating to, or afflicted with dystrophy.""

EMBOLISM obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus

""A pathological condition of the lungs marked by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in labored breathing and an increased susceptibility to infection. It can be caused by irreversible expansion of the alveoli or by the destruction of alveolar walls.""

Crazy picosecond of peering into people

Final large policeman in charge of instrument for viewing organs

""Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.""

Situated immediately over the stomach

Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar; caustic.

Like a writer of short pieces

""ESTROGEN a female sex hormone, also ESTRIOL, OESTRIOL, ESTRIN, OESTRIN, OESTROGEN, ESTRONE, OESTRONE, THEELIN, THEELOL""

Being enthusiastic with detailed planning after European Union

""Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.""

Adjective (-ic)

EXORCIST one who practices {exorcism=n}

EXOSPHERE

FABULIST a {liar=n}

Adjective (-ic)

Believing in the inevitability of events

Accepting the inevitable.

Not believing a lot can be changed

Iron skirts? Time, I see, to be demanding women's rights

Like much sci-fi

Fruit is cut, prepared for 7

Mixed fruit is cut ahead of time

""GLUCOSIDE One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates. glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.""

GLYCOSIDE

Providing stability through spin

Giving stability through high-speed rotation

Cog so pricy to fix, spinning as a ship's navigational aid, say (wordplay)

Concerned with self-gratification

Devoted to pleasure

Pleasure-seeking

Styptic

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

Cultural

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

HYDROSOL an aqueous solution of a colloid

Faster than Mach 5

Very much faster than sound

Why person ice-skating circles very fast (wordplay)

STATIC random noise produced in a radio or television receiver

Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

High-minded - italicised (anagram)

Utopian cities laid out

Striving for perfection

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

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

English word

Fussy about rules

Excessively adhering to the law

Formal to a fault

Related to speech

Belonging to language.

Relating to language

Adjective (-ic)

Of or pertaining to the masseter.

MASTODON an extinct elephant-like mammal

One million parsecs.

""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

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

MESOPHYTE

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.""

MONOSTELE

Pronouncing on issues of right and wrong

Upright, to a fault

Righteously ethical

MUSCARINE

Abnormal muscular weakness or fatigue.

Relating to nativism.

Revivalist (art)

Recreating ancient motifs

In a style revived from the past

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

NEPOTIST one who practices {nepotism=n}

*Believing in nothing

Believing in nothing

Rejecting all values

ASCETIC one who practices self-denial for religious reasons

Twine, as opposed to rubber bands

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

NOVELIST one who writes novels

Pertaining to collectors' items.

Relating to coins or currency

Of coins

Hopeful and confident

Happy-go-lucky

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

ORGANISM any form of animal or plant life

Instruments ()

Osteogenetic.

PACIFIST an advocate of {pacifism=n}

PARADISE a place of extreme beauty and delight

Often Paradise The Garden of Eden.

PARODIST one who {parodies=v}

Of or pertaining to pederasty.

Viewing on all sides

Spectral tailless rodents seen by parking area in southern county

Eerie

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

""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

PLEONASTE A black variety of spinel.

PLEUSTON aquatic vegetation

CYSTIC pertaining to a {cyst=n}

Excessive or abnormal thirst.

PHASIC relating to a phase

POPULIST a member of a party which represents the common people

Adjective (-ic)

Subsequent to the Babylonian captivity, in Jewish history

""Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.""

Favoring Simon Magus's sect (wordplay)

Looking ahead

Omen.

Like artificial body parts

Peg cheers German man with facial twitch

Like Captain Hook's hook

Indulging in fighting

Of prize-fighting

""Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.""

Like some electrical resistors

RIGORIST one who professes rigorism

Joint at the base of the spine

A joint in the lower back

Strong pelvic joint

""Of, producing, or resulting from putrefaction.""

""SAXOPHONE A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.""

Causing division in the RC Church

Favouring separation from a church

Singular elegance about theory volunteers rejected being fractious (wordplay)

Relating to education

Pedant and stoic clash violently

Clash with stoic could be academic

Of physics or biology perhaps

Part of UNESCO.

Methodical but not artistic presumably

Showing only surface knowledge.

""A disease of the sebaceous glands characterized by excessive secretion of sebum or an alteration in its quality, resulting in an oily coating, crusts, or scales on the skin.""

PUBLIC people as a whole

Like Paraguay's climate

SEPTIC an agent producing sepsis

Like some plays.

Half-and-half kind of drama

Ignoring real complexity

Not recognising true complexity

Naive; ignoring complexities

SKELETON the supporting bone structure of a body

""The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.""

Unschooled

""SOLONETZ a type of soil, also SOLONETS""

A chemical reaction in which the solute and solvent react to form a new compound.

Pertaining to a second-year student (US)

Like a lot of humor in this puzzle, maturity-wise, admittedly

Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.

Biology ()

""Reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many sporozoans. Sporogony results in the production of sporozoites.""

Having poor ecological adaptability

Skillful in guessing or conjecturing.

STRABISM a squint

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

OCEANIC pertaining to the ocean

Very fast - 11 (anagram)

Boom-causing, perhaps

*Anthropocentric jet type (wordplay)

Inspector cunningly concealing university second degree in music

Adjective (-ic)

""SYNCHRO a type of remote-control device, also SELSYN""

Working together

Cooperative.

Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.

Methodical teams City's deployed

Methodical distribution of city's steam

Done methodically

Foreign claimant is charming (wordplay)

Police sect (anagram)

Like some gun sights

Like some lenses

TOTALIST one who tends to regard things as a unified whole

""TOTEMIST a specialist in totemism, also TOTEMITE""

Like some organisms modified in labs

Containing DNA from a different organism

SONIC pertaining to sound

BASIC fundamental principles

Advocating the extreme.

Too high for people to catch (wordplay)

Top Seattle cager (wordplay)

Too high to catch (wordplay)

Having little drawing power (wordplay)

4N (wordplay)

Broad characters in Spartacus, fine picture to broadcast

URBANIST a specialist in city planning

Promoting the excretion of uric acid in the urine.

""Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle.""