2-Letter Words Ending in C

BIOLOGIC a drug obtained from an organic source

DIABETIC one who has diabetes

DYNASTIC pertaining to a {dynasty=n}

ELECTRIC something charged by electricity

Short price I misread is out of date

Very old or out of date

Before written records

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

SYNAPTIC pertaining to {synapsis=n}

Injured climber, a top becoming tricky

Uncertain or questionable

Raising a lot of doubt

""Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head.""

Medical Specialties

PROKARYOTE

""Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.""

Of or pertaining to the prothorax.

""Sensing pain, pressure, heat, or cold in a nonspecific manner, usually without localizing the stimulus. Used especially of certain sensory nerves.""

PROTOSTELE

PSILOPHYTE

Birds

New word in hip talk.

With exotic colour pattern, (drug-induced, maybe)

Vividly colourful

Concerned with treatment of the mind

Chirpy cat is mad about mental health

Concerned with the treatment of mental illness

Originating in the mind or in mental or emotional processes; having a psychological rather than a physiological origin. Used of certain disorders.

Thought-related

One type of flow from a volcano

Related to fireworks

Holiday display adjective

Relating to fireworks

PYROXENITE A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.

RACIALIST

""Sun an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiant energy, composed of vanes which rotate at speeds proportionate to the intensity of the energy source. ; radiometric ,""

Adjective (-ic)

Invariably performed in the same way

Like religious services

Relating to ceremonies

Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Adjective (-ic)

Commentating on ancient literature

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

CLASSIC a work of established excellence

NOMADIC pertaining to a {nomad=n}

SHAMANIST An adherent of Shamanism.

England's type of government

Relating to the study of group relationships

SOCIOPATH

SOLIPSIST

See antispasmodic .

Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.

""SPHINCTER A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder. as, the sphincter of the bladder.""

Concerning the occult.

An instrument for measuring the volume of air entering and leaving the lungs.

""SPOROPHYTE In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.""

""STALACTITE A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.""

""STALAGMITE A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.""

Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.

""Body, Human""

STENOBATH

""A method in neurosurgery and neurological research for locating points within the brain using an external, three-dimensional frame of reference usually based on the Cartesian coordinate system.""

Like a stock image

Conventional

SPECIFIC a remedy intended for a particular disease

Obsequious City chap son sacked

Servile - like a crawler

Obsequious and silly chap isn't coy

Logically drawing a conclusion from premises

SYMBOLIST One who employs symbols.

Likeable; sensitively designed

Showing fellow-feeling

Kindly ear to lend

Indicative (of a disease?)

Indicative, typical

Indicating disease

""SYNECDOCHE A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a <i>man</i>), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.""

Cooperative, in a way

Working together to greater effect

One who sees smells or hears colors

SYNTAGMA a syntactic element

Technological.

(Of language) omitting inessential words

In charge on paper that's economical with words

Mentally moving

Having the centromere in a terminal position. Used of a chromosome.

TERATOGEN

The biological study of birth defects.

""TERRORIST One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.""

""TETRASPORE A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.""

""An inherited form of anemia occurring chiefly among people of Mediterranean descent, caused by faulty synthesis of part of the hemoglobin molecule.""

Centering on God as the prime concern: a theocentric cosmology.

THEOREM an established but not self-evident principle

Relating to healing

Related to healing

Contributing to good heath

""Capable of surviving high temperatures, especially those of pasteurization. Used of a microorganism.""

THIXOTROPE

""A hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates and regulates the activity of the thyroid gland. Also called thyroid-stimulating hormone , thyrotropic hormone .""

Of or relating to measurement by titration.

Relating to an X-ray cross section visualisation technique

Adjective (-ic)

Showing hills and rivers, as a map

""The study of the nature, effects, and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning.""

Adjective (-ic)

URANIC pertaining to {uranium=n}

SYLLABIC a speech sound of high sonority

THEISTIC pertaining to a {theist=n}

Cave-dwelling

Inhabiting caves.

Capable of causing tumors.

Of text setting

Like some errors

Tending to cause an ulcer.

Like an eyesore

""AUTHENTIC Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. as, an authentic paper or register.""

Inflected form of CINEMATIC Inflected form of CINEMA a motion-picture theatre

""ECCENTRIC Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion. as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.""

Inflected form of IDIOMATIC Inflected form of IDIOM a mode of expression peculiar to a language

Not supporting one's country

Not loving one's country

Traitorous

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.""

VIOLINIST A player on the violin.

An instrument used to measure viscosity. Also called viscosimeter .

VOODOOIST

""A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.""

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.

Both dry and hot: a xerothermic climate.

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

Bilaterally symmetrical. Used of organisms or parts.

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).""

BELLETRIST

One with a passionate enthusiasm for books

BIBLIOPHILE A lover of books.

(used with a sing. verb) Biochemistry The study of the flow and transformation of energy in and between living organisms and between living organisms and their environment.

Of or pertaining to biosynthesis.

Of or pertaining to a blastocoel.

Adjective (-ic)

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

""Of, relating to, or causing the hydrolysis of cellulose: cellulolytic organisms.""

CENTRALIST

Exaggeratedly patriotic

Aggressively patriotic

Having an aggressive or fanatical patriotism

Adjective (-ic)

""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.""

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CHROMOPHORE Any chemical group or residue (as NO<?/; N<?/; or O<?/) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.

An exceptionally precise timepiece.

A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.

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.

""Any of various instruments used to determine or specify colors, as by comparison with spectroscopic or visual standards.""

""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.