2-Letter Words Ending in C

Not sensible or practicable

Shakespeare play

Not practical

VANDALISE

""A sudden constriction of a blood vessel, causing a reduction in blood flow.""

""VERBALIST A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.""

A dry photographic or photocopying process in which a negative image formed by a resinous powder on an electrically charged plate is electrically transferred to and thermally fixed as positive on a paper or other copying surface.

""XYLOGRAPH An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography.""

Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

Absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric secretions of the stomach.

""Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic. (a) heating, or (b) actinic.""

(used with a sing. verb) The science of magnetic characteristics associated with atmospheric conditions.

The inhibition of growth in one species of plants by chemicals produced by another species.

Using words and numbers

Using A-Z and 0-9

Referring to both characters and figures

Adjective (-ic)

""AMPHIBRACH A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (\'de -- \'de); as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.""

""Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.""

A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body.

Rearranging the letters of a word or phrase

Like this puzzles four long answers, in relation to each other

ANALPHABETE

Of or pertaining to anaphylaxis; caused by anaphylaxis.

""Not astigmatic; free of astigmatism; -- pertaining to a lens or lens system, and used especially of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.""

""Centered or focused on men, often to the neglect or exclusion of women: an androcentric view of history; an androcentric health-care system.""

ANDROGEN a male sex hormone

Pl. anencephalies Congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord.

Blood and Blood Vessels

""Causing loss of appetite; as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.""

""ANORTHOSITE A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda-lime feldspar, usually labradorite.""

Little colonizer in torment (wordplay)

Little colonizer in torment?

Stupid giant's action showing opposition

Medicine to destroy worms

ACADEMIC a college student or teacher

Of or pertaining to an anticyclone; moving in the opposite direction of a cyclone.

DIABETIC one who has diabetes

DOGMATIC overbearing

ECONOMIC relating to finance

ENTROPIC pertaining to {entropy=n}

Counteracting hysteria.

LEUKEMIC one affected with leukemia

""MAGNETIC a metal that attracts iron, also MAGNET""

I pitch a tent abroad without assent, initially causing bad blood

Opposed to upsetting Tina with old newsreel from jerk

PRURITIC pertaining to {pruritus=n}

Good against the rickets.

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.

Examination of the aorta using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance.

""Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective.""

APOTHEGM a pithy saying

Of a sea abounding in islands

Satiric actor playing noble

Of the nobility

Satiric actor turning 'blue'

ARTHROSCOPE

Showing no symptoms of disease.

AUTODIDACT One who is selftaught; an automath.

Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing.

""Pl. avitaminoses (-s z) A disease, such as scurvy, beriberi, or pellagra, caused by deficiency of one or more essential vitamins.""

Having symmetry around an axis: an axisymmetric cone.

""Of, relating to, or living in the depths of the ocean, especially between about 1,000 and 4,000 meters (3,280 and 13,120 feet).""

One with a passionate enthusiasm for books

Of or pertaining to a blastocoel.

BUREAUCRAT An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

A. The art of fine handwriting.

Of or pertaining to process of using the calorimeter.

Competitive, in a way

Like some investors

Excellent criticism, mostly about one motivated by profit

Producing cancer

Causing cancer

Pertaining to map-making

Chap tragic or silly in respect of maps

Relating to the drawing of maps

""Pl. catachreses (-s z) The misapplication of a word or phrase, as the use of blatant to mean "flagrant."""

Of or relating to an optical system that uses both reflective and refractive optical devices.

See electrophoresis .

Chaotic parts (anagram)

I catch pastor out in dire straits

Causing sudden damage

CENTRALIST

Exaggeratedly patriotic

Aggressively patriotic

Having an aggressive or fanatical patriotism

""CHIROGRAPH A writing which, reguiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party. chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.""

""A method of medical treatment that manipulates body structures, especially the spine, in the belief that it restores proper nerve functioning.""

Maps ()

The evolutionary change and diversification resulting from the branching off of new taxa from common ancestral lineages.

""Of or pertaining to classicism; as, classicistic tradition.as, classicistic tradition.""

CLAVIERIST

Botany Of or relating to a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud.

""COMPATRIOT One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.""

""An abnormal, often obsessive interest in excrement, especially the use of feces for sexual excitement.""

""Kzmgrfk, Cosmographical Of or pertaining to cosmography.""

""COUNCILMAN A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.""

CYANOGEN a compound of carbon and nitrogen

Having ten syllables

The branch of medicine that is concerned with the physiology and pathology of the skin.

DEUTERANOPE

Adjective (-ic)

""Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.""

In the form of a simplified drawing

Graphic figure has many a convulsion

Containing two carboxyl groups per molecule.

""The posterior part of the forebrain that connects the midbrain with the cerebral hemispheres, encloses the third ventricle, and contains the thalamus and hypothalamus. Also called betweenbrain , interbrain , thalamencephalon .""

An instrument used to measure thermal expansion and dilation in solids and liquids.

Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.

Phonograph Records

""Relating to, composed in, or consisting of twelve-tone music.""

DOPAMINE a form of dopa used to stimulate the heart

Any of several instruments used to measure mechanical power.

Relating to clergymen

Member of clergy; or, relating to church

Clergyman

""ENANTIOMER either of a pair of optical isomers of a chemical substance whose molecules are mirror images of each other, i. e., are related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal asymmetry.i. e., are related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal asymmetry.""

Inflammation of the brain.

Ardent - thin suitcase (anagram)

Showing keen interest

Intensely keen and interested

(Of saying) concise, witty

Like a short and witty saying

In the style of a concise and witty remark

Relating to racial customs and characteristics

In revolutionary church, angry vigilantes like a preacher

""EXANTHEMA An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever.""

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

Originating or occurring outside the liver.

FIBROBLAST

""A system of printing on a rotary press employing water-based ink, used especially for printing on plastic, paper, or cardboard.""

""GALACTOSE A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper). C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).""

""GAMETOPHYTE In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the alg\'91, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.""

Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Pl. geostrategies The branch of geopolitics that deals with strategy.

Acting on or stimulating the gonads: a gonadotropic hormone.

GRANULOCYTE

Pl. gynecocracies or gynocracies Government by women.

""Of, relating to, or resulting from the magnetic properties of a spinning, electrically charged particle.""

Pl. hagiographies Biography of saints.

Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.

Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.

""Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.""

Of or relating to hydrodynamics.

HYDROGRAPH

Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.

Adjective (-ic)

THALAMIC pertaining to the thalamus

Attacking cherished institutions

Attacking cherished beliefs

Criticising cherished beliefs

Of or pertaining to iconography.

ALLELIC pertaining to {allele=n}

Like the QE2

""Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.""

Within the heart.

Existing or taking place within the mind or psyche: intrapsychic conflict.

ISOANTIGEN

Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.

ISOENZYME

Like newspaper writers

""Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell division. as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.""

He can't help helping himself

Lifter of habit

Magpie trained to peck animal

""LAPAROSCOPE A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles.""

""Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions. as, liberalistic opinions.""

LITERALIST One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Of metal or stone surface printing

MAMMOGRAPH

Act of controlling by force

Person with delusions of power

One thinking he is great

""A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt, hopelessness, and withdrawal.""

Emotionally overblown (in theatre)

Exaggerated - over-emotional

Exaggerated, over-emotional

MERISTEM formative plant tissue

""Of or pertaining to meritocracy; as, meritocratic society.as, meritocratic society.""

Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.

Adjective (-ic)

Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

Of or pertaining to micrography.

Warlike

Having a dislike of humankind

Disliking all mankind

Right! I can stop him, with manipulation, having a hatred of mankind

Pertaining to a monodrama.

Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

It is, although isn't

Using only words like yes and no

Like John, Paul, or George, but not Ringo, speaking briefly (wordplay)

Having one neural synapse.

MYELOBLAST

Egotistical

Based on real life

Imitating real life

True-to-life representation of acts in ritual

NATUROPATH

Sexual pervert in police car, terribly hard to keep in

NEGATIVIST

REALISTIC Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

""A psychological disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and weakness, loss of memory, and generalized aches and pains, formerly thought to result from exhaustion of the nervous system. No longer in scientific use.""

NEUTRALIST A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.

ADIABATIC Not giving out or receiving heat.

Inflected form of AESTHETIC Inflected form of AESTHETE a person who affects an extravagant love of art

Soft (drink)

Virgin, to a bartender

Unlike most things sold in bars, like chocolate

ANTIGENIC

Same as hand-operated.hand-operated.

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

""METAMERIC Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric. as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.""

Not parasitic.

REALISTIC Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

Without any long-term focus

Many champion dissolute sex addict

Also octosyllabic ( k t -s -l b k) a. A line of verse containing eight syllables.

Sounding like its meaning

""Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.""

""ORTHOGRAPH An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.""

""OSTEOBLAST One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.""

OSTEOCLAST A myeloplax.

""Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells. as, osteoplastic cells.""

DRAMATIC pertaining to {drama=n}

Excessively emphatic.

Adjective (-ic)

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines""

Fossils

""The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.""

""Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process. as, a palingenetic process.""

Kind of film that gets romantic chap excited

""PANTOGRAPH An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.""

""A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.""

Weakly attracted by poles

PARAPHRAST A paraphraser.

Word play; punning.

Pathogenic.

""PERIPHRASE The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.""