2-Letter Words Ending in C

""GLYCEMIC having glucose in the blood, also GLYCAEMIC""

See hyperopia .

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

Patient with imaginary ailments

Morbidly anxious about health

One who imagines illnesses

Within the thora<?/ or chest.

Adjective (-ic)

Like dictionary making

LYMPHOBLAST

Adjective (-ic)

Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.

""A change in color caused by variation of the physical conditions to which a body is subjected, especially such a change caused by variation in temperature.""

""Pl. metencephala (-l ) The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons.""

MICROCEPHAL

Using only one colour

Term for all-over single color paint

Plain idle and amorous, lifting top of nightie

Adjective (-ic)

Of or pertaining to morphogenesis; concerned with the process of development of the normal features of an organism.

An apparatus used to measure the size and concentration of particles in a liquid by analysis of light scattered by the liquid.

Inflected form of ALPHABETIC Inflected form of ALPHABET a system of letters

""PATHOGENIC Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium. as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.""

The exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena. Also called oceanology .

Formed from a compound word.

""Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom. as, a pathognomonic symptom.""

""Centered on men or on a male viewpoint, especially one held to entail the domination of women by men.""

""The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.""

Donating to good causes

Doing good works

Intended to promote the welfare of others

Blood and Blood Vessels ()

The study of the effects of light on living organisms and biological processes.

Emitting electrons under light

Light-detecting

Adjective (-ic)

PHOTOPERIOD

PHREATOPHYTE

PHYSICALIST

See physical geography .

POLAROGRAPH

Multi-coloured

Multicoloured

Old mum wrapped in pricy cloth, magically displaying range of colours

""ANESTHETIC Same as An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.""

History

PSEUDOMORPH An irregular or deceptive form.

""A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. No longer in scientific use.""

""(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The interaction of various conscious and unconscious mental or emotional processes, especially as they influence personality, behavior, and attitudes.""

""The origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior.""

Moving things by mental force

Pertaining to mind and body, as a unit.

(Of illness) caused by mental factors

Of mind and body as a unit.

Adjective (-ic)

Thriving at relatively low temperatures. Used of organisms such as bacteria and fungi.

SCHIZOPHRENE

A device for producing a scintigram; a scintiscanner.

Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.

Inflected form of SYNTHETIC Inflected form of SYNTH a synthesizer

""STEREOGRAPH Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.""

""The study of rock strata, especially the distribution, deposition, and age of sedimentary rocks.""

Sky-high (informal)

Unusually, orchestra pit's very high

Belonging to the upper air

Opposing the physiological effects caused by stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system: a sympatholytic treatment.

""Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables. as, synchronistic tables.""

Brain

THERIOMORPH

Of a heat science

Relating heat to energy

Temperature expressed on the Kelvin scale

THERMOGRAPH An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.

Type of resin

THERMOSPHERE

THORACIC pertaining to a {thorax=n}

TROPHOBLAST

CHARISMATIC Of or pertaining to a charism.

Lacking compassion

Without compassion

Not likeable

""Extreme dryness and thickening of the conjunctiva, often resulting from a deficiency of vitamin A.""

""The biological study of the geographic distribution of animals, especially the causes and effects of such distribution.""

The study of human body measurement for use in anthropological classification and comparison.

ARRHYTHMIC

Inflected form of HISTAMINIC Inflected form of HISTAMINE

""HUMANISTIC Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. as, humanistic devotion.""

Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.

Efficacious against syphilis.

Pl. arteriographies Examination of the arteries using x-rays following injection of a radiopaque substance.

""ASTHENOSPHERE the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some transverse seismic waves.""

Like a self-sufficient life (wordplay)

BRACHYCEPHAL

Adjective (-ic)

Of or relating to the heart and the chest.

Typical (of a person or thing)

Typical part of a log

Typical of particular part of a log

Synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water using energy obtained from the chemical oxidation of simple inorganic compounds. This form of synthesis is limited to certain bacteria and fungi.

""Classification of organisms based on differences at the biochemical level, especially in the amino acid sequences of common proteins. Also called chemosystematics .""

The study of the effects of time and rhythmical phenomena on life processes.

CLAUSTROPHOBE

COMPUTERPHOBE

Adjective (-ic)

""Of, relating to, or producing pathological changes in cells.""

Adjective (-ic)

ENANTIOMORPH

ERYTHROBLAST a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop.

The formation or production of red blood cells.

Time ()

Adjective (-ic)

Causing mental visions

Causing unreal perceptions

Causing perception without objective reality

""HEMOGLOBIN The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called h\'91matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called h\'91matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood. h\'91matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called h\'91matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.""

""HERMAPHRODITE An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.""

A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei.

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

ENERGETIC

KERATOTIC

""METABOLIC Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.""

Inflected form of PARASITIC Inflected form of PARASITE an organism that lives and feeds on another

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

adj. afraid of being injected

adj. afraid of being injected

Adjective (-ic)

MAGNETOSPHERE the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field.

""Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.""

Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebrospinal.

CHARISMATIC Of or pertaining to a charism.

""HYGROSCOPIC Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.""

Not determined by a mechanical process; partly resulting from a creative process.

PSYCHIATRIC Of or pertaining to psychiatria.

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

Medical Specialties

""Photography Of, relating to, or accurately reproducing the colors of the subject.""

OSCILLOGRAPH a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating .

""A form of arthritis, occurring mainly in older persons, that is characterized by chronic degeneration of the cartilage of the joints. Also called degenerative joint disease .""

The production of fruit without fertilization.

A short campaign organised with many special effects (wordplay)

Adjective (-ic)

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.

Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.Homoiothermal.

Inflected form of PSYCHEDELIC Inflected form of PSYCHED psych

Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

Sound ()

""Pl. psychoanalyses (-s z ) a. The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts, in order to free psychic energy for mature love and work.""

""Biology the study of the relations or interrelations between body and mind, especially as exhibited in the nervous system. ; psychobiologist, ; psychobiologic, psychobiological,""

PSYCHODRAMA

Pl. psychoneuroses (-s z) Neurosis. No longer in scientific use.

""Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by bacterial infection.""

""Instruments an instrument for measuring the intensity of the sun&#x2019;s radiation. ; pyrheliometric,""

Adjective (-ic)

Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

SPECTROGRAPH An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum.

SPERMATOPHYTE Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta.

STAPHYLOCOCCI

Calculation of the quantities of reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

""Inflected form of ATMOSPHERIC Inflected form of ATMOSPHERE The whole mass of a\'89riform fluid surrounding the earth; applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars. as, the atmosphere of Mars.""

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

""TACHISTOSCOPE An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.""

""Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents. as, thermoelectric currents.""

""(Physics / General Physics) of or concerned with the relationship between heat and magnetism, esp the change in temperature of a body when it is magnetized or demagnetized Former term pyromagnetic""

The blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot dislodged from its site of origin.

Causing or promoting blood clotting: a thromboplastic protein.

CHAUVINISTIC fanatically patriotic.

Apathetic flipping nuisance! Shut it!

Cool cuties hit annus horribilis

Showing no interest

Of or pertaining to achondroplasia.

Seeing man as focus of the universe

Regarding humans as all-important

Revolving around mankind

Described in a human form

Having a human form

Treating nonhuman beings as humans

Same as Antaphrodisiac. Antaphrodisiac.

Inflected form of CHOLINERGIC Inflected form of CHOLINE an alcohol found bile

A form of arteriosclerosis characterized by the deposition of atheromatous plaques containing cholesterol and lipids on the innermost layer of the walls of large and medium-sized arteries.

Like serpentine writing

""The highly vascular fetal membrane that consists of the fused chorion and allantois, found adjacent to the eggshell in reptiles and birds and constituting the placenta in most mammals.""

CHROMATOGRAPH a piece of equipment used to perform chromatography{2}.

""CINEMATOGRAPH an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zo\'94gyroscope, zo\'94praxiscope, etc.movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the <altname>movie projector</altname> are <altname>animatograph</altname>, <altname>biograph</altname>, <altname>bioscope</altname>, <altname>electrograph</altname>, <altname>electroscope</altname>, <altname>kinematograph</altname>, <altname>kinetoscope</altname>, <altname>veriscope</altname>, <altname>vitagraph</altname>,

The study of cells and chemical compounds within cells by means of a cytophotometer.

DOLICHOCEPHAL

""Of or pertaining to electrophoresis; electrophoretic mobility; accomplished using electrophoresis; as, electrophoretic separation; electrophoretic analysis.electrophoretic mobility; accomplished using electrophoresis; as, electrophoretic separation; electrophoretic analysis.""

Pl. encephalopathies Any of various diseases of the brain.

EXHIBITIONIST a person with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals; -- usually a male.

Adjective (-ic)

""GYNANDROMORPH An animal affected with gynandromorphism,""

Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables.

Like Joseph's coat

The study of the microscopic anatomical changes in diseased tissue.

Related to secondhand sources

""Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse. as, a hypercatalectic verse.""

Like some class conflicts (wordplay)

Like some debate club meetings

Describing certain athletics

""Medical Specialties the pathology of the nervous system. ; neuropathologist, ; neuropathologic, neuropathological,""

Inflected form of PHOTOGRAPHIC Inflected form of PHOTOGRAPH A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

The process by which heavier chemical elements are synthesized from hydrogen nuclei in the interiors of stars.

""OPHTHALMOSCOPE An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens.""

Adjective (-ic)

""Of, relating to, or affecting the parasympathetic nervous system: parasympathetic activity; parasympathetic agents.""

Relating to unfertilised reproduction

(used with a sing. verb) The study of the action or effects of drugs on living organisms.

The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants.

""(used with a sing. verb) The process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.""

Relating to observable facts

""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

PHOTOELECTRON

""The process of making maps or scale drawings from photographs, especially aerial photographs.""

The study of the geographic distribution of plants. Also called geobotany .

PHYTOPATHOGEN

PHYTOPLANKTON

PLATYHELMINTH

Adjective (-ic)

""Tending to induce hallucinations, delusions, or other symptoms of a psychosis. Used of a drug.""

Deviant, in a way

Perversely pleased to do as one is done by (wordplay)

Characterized by a cycle of dominance and submission

""Inflected form of LOGARITHMIC Inflected form of LOGARITHM One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (15501617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division. The relation of logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series, so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively products and quotients of the latter; thus The relation of logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series, so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively products and quotients of the latter; thus""

Producing physiological effects resembling those caused by the activity or stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system: a sympathomimetic hormone.