2-Letter Words Ending in C

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

MEDIAE media

Like Stonehenge

One million parsecs.

""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

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, or relating to, a mobocracy.""

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

MONOCARP a plant that yields fruit only once before dying

Relating to a government whose leader has absolute power

Fitness freak, for one

Person obsessed with one issue

Obsessive type

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

MUSCARINE

Abnormal muscular weakness or fatigue.

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.""

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

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

Pertaining to collectors' items.

Relating to coins or currency

Of coins

Relating to rule by a few

Of a tightknit ruling group

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

ORGANISM any form of animal or plant life

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

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.

""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

""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

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

PHONEME a unit of speech

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

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

PLEONASTE A black variety of spinel.

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

Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.

PHASIC relating to a phase

Adjective (-ic)

POZZOLAN a finely divided material used to make cement

VOCALIC a vowel sound

One who loves lighting (wordplay)

One who goes up on flames (wordplay)

He's a flaming nutter!

QUARTZITE Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; called also quartz rock. quartz rock.

Relating to or caused by radioactivity.

Of uranium, plutonium, etc.

Concerning X-rays

Pl. radiolyses (-s z ) Molecular decomposition of a substance as a result of radiation.

Like some electrical resistors

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 or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.

Skillful in guessing or conjecturing.

STRABISM a squint

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

OCEANIC pertaining to the ocean

Adjective (-ic)

Methodical teams City's deployed

Methodical distribution of city's steam

Done methodically

Foreign claimant is charming (wordplay)

The study of the conditions and processes by which organisms become fossilized.

""Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.""

Relating to stuffed animals

More than sensitive (wordplay)

Always in one's thoughts (wordplay)

Like a meeting of the minds (wordplay)

TETRAMER a type of {polymer=n}

Fish beginning to ruin style of provincial ruler

Ruling in the name of a god

Like Aztecan society

Of government by the clergy

""Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.""

""Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.""

TOTALIST one who tends to regard things as a unified whole

Like "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Sad but funny

Sad, but kinda funny at the same time

Like some organisms modified in labs

Containing DNA from a different organism

SONIC pertaining to sound

TRIBRACH a type of metrical foot

""GRAPHIC a painting, print, illustration or diagram""

""Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.""

BASIC fundamental principles

Advocating the extreme.

MAFIC a term for minerals rich in magnesium and iron

Too high for people to catch (wordplay)

Top Seattle cager (wordplay)

Too high to catch (wordplay)

Bad at schoolwork

I am a dunce upsetting college - not scholarly

Having little drawing power (wordplay)

ATHLETIC relating to vigorous physical exercise

DIDACTIC instructive

DOGMATIC overbearing

After he'd sold 100, violinmaker's first to cry 'Boring!'

Humdrum

EMPHATIC stressed forcibly

PEDANTIC relating to a pedant

Cranium not broken? Hard-headed!

Far from fervent

Lacking in sentiment.

URBANIST a specialist in city planning

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

Office fixture (wordplay)

Sleep-deprived employee, maybe

Labour fanatic (wordplay)

""Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. as, an acatalectic verse.""

Of or pertaining to achondrite.

A hydrometer used to determine the specific gravity of acid solutions.

ACIDOPHILE

Having a subterminal centromere

""A chronic disease of adults marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by overactivity of the pituitary gland.""

Relating to air in motion.

Having a drag-reducing shape

Streamlined academy in row sadly with week to go

Adjective (-ic)

Larval fruit flies with this gene never leave their eggshells

ALBUMIN a {protein=n}

ALCHEMIST One who practices alchemy.

English word

Of or pertaining to an algorithm.

Of or pertaining to an allograph.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Abnormal suppression or absence of menstruation.

AMPHIPATH

AMPHIPHILE

Lacking grammatical sequence.

""Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.""

A knockout in the theatre!

Laughing gas, for example

A person could well be put out by it

ANALEMMA a type of graduated scale

Like one wanting to overthrow government

Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark>

Of or pertaining to animalism.

Of or pertaining to aniseikonia.aniseikonia.

""Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.anisotropic.""

""Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations. as, anthracitic formations.""

MITOTIC pertaining to {mitosis=n}

1991's word: Fever-preventing

Fever-reducing drug

Stimulant of desire

Substance that makes you hot

Something that stimulates desire

Momentous, catastrophic

Translation of a Coptic play is outstanding

Copy capital letters - it could be a revelation

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

""Pl. aposiopeses (-s z) A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.""

""Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.""

Michael's maybe going to help bar change licensee

Of or relating to a reference system based at the center of the planet Mars.

Astronomy

Of or pertaining to astronautics.

""Formation of atheromatous deposits, especially on the innermost layer of arterial walls.""

'Hi!' to campers (anagram)

Armpits echo (anagram)

Of air; conveying special mood

An instrument for measuring hearing activity for pure tones of normally audible frequencies. Also called sonometer .

AUTOGRAPH That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

""Capable of self-nourishment; requiring only minerals for growth; using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, and certain bacteria. It is opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.""

AUXOTROPH

Of or relating to a method of projection in which an object is drawn with its horizontal and vertical axes to scale but with its curved lines and diagonals distorted.

BAROGRAPH An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.

Of or pertaining to a batholith.

The measurement of the depth of bodies of water.

The study of the effects of climatic conditions on living organisms.

Quantity twice squared

Quantity raised to the fourth power

""Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.""

""BLASTOPORE The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.""

CACODEMON An evil spirit; a devil or demon.

Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

CAMOUFLAGE

""Having a ring composed exclusively of carbon atoms, as benzene.""

Having origin in the heart.

Adjective (-ic)

Like a violent upheaval

With violent upheaval

Relating to violent upheaval

""CATECHIST One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.""

Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

""CHAMELEON A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham\'91leo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. Cham\'91leo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.""

Having compelling charm

Able to attract and inspire people

1999 2 out of 3 winner

The characteristic movement or orientation of an organism or cell along a chemical concentration gradient either toward or away from the chemical stimulus.

Suppression of biliary flow.

CHROMATIN Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

Critical period or event

William -, Eng. politician, philanthropist

Atmosphere around college mostly productive? That's a crucial point

""Inflected form of ENZYMATIC Inflected form of ENZYME a complex protein, also ENZYM""

CRYPTOGAM A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

""Of, relating to, or characterized by greatly enlarged cells.""

""CYTOPLASM The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.""

Relating to the structure of populations

Population-related

Relating to the statistical study of populations

DIALOGIST A speaker in a dialogue.