2-Letter Words Ending in C

""Genetically identical or closely related, so as to allow tissue transplant; immunologically compatible: syngeneic grafts; syngeneic animals.""

Cynic heard about my refusal to come up with the same definition

Relating to language structure

Random choice of Smollett

Clerical doctor has a bit of a scheme concerned with aspect of language

Man-made (fibre)

Artificially-made compound

Dacron, for example

Relating to classification

Of classes

Looking good on the tube, say

Suitable for box cameras (wordplay)

Made for the screen

Of or relating to theogony.

Elegiac

TOPONYM the name of a place

Producing poison; toxicogenic.

Of aeronautical speeds.

Close to speed of sound

Prepares in cartons really fast

""Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization. crystallization.""

DYNAMIC a physical force

""Overactivity or irritability of the vagus nerve, adversely affecting function of the blood vessels, stomach, and muscles.""

""VIBRION a bacterium with a slight spiral curve, also VIBRIO""

""ACETYLENE A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.""

One anorak turned up with some work, in charge of stimulation

Pertaining to an important science.

Pertaining to the science of air travel

Of plane navigation

Affected with albinism.

Like a city father with a clear mind

Local official's frenzied, hiding behind tree

Causing one to react rashly (wordplay)

Causing a rash reaction (wordplay)

Like penicillin, to some

Being genetically different although belonging to or obtained from the same species: allogeneic tissue grafts.

Of or pertaining to an allophone.

Discrepancy between the chronological order of events and the order in which they are related in a plot.

Done in low relief, as a cameo

Aiding the memory

Kind of lens used by moviemakers

Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

Reclusive.

Of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen.

Ether, for one

It may put you to sleep

It may be administered before surgery

Pl. angiogeneses (-s z ) The formation of new blood vessels.

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

""ANORTHITE A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar. Feldspar.""

Treatment for bacterial infections

Medicine destroying micro-organisms

Substance that destroys bacteria

DROMIC pertaining to a race-course

Same as Antemetic. Antemetic.

EROTIC an amatory poem

HEROIC an epic verse

POETIC pertaining to {poetry=n}

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

Exactly opposite.

Opposite

Preventing or reducing anxiety; antianxiety.

""ARAGONITE A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.""

Sky-high (colloq.)

Extremely large (colloq.)

It can be so romantic - really great!

(Physics / General Physics) caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency an audiogenic epileptic fit

Of or pertaining to austenite.

Of or pertaining to bentonite.

""Of or relating to the study of the effects of dynamic processes, such as motion or acceleration, on living organisms.""

Like Ernst Haeckel's law

""Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation. as, bronchitic inflammation.""

CARBONYL a chemical compound

""(Medicine / Pathology) (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth""

""Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.""

COENOCYTE

Having a common center

Like some circles

Like rings on target

Of the same biological group

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance. as, a corybantic dance.""

Produced by cosmic rays.

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

Crescentshaped.

CYANOGEN a compound of carbon and nitrogen

Relating to mechanical man

Relating to a mechanical man.

Concerning robot brains.

""Of or concerned with phenomena, such as linguistic features, as they change through time.""

The process of chemical and physical change in deposited sediment during its conversion to rock.

Indicating the nature of an illness

Computer error message

A symptom used to identify a disease

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)

Having I trouble (wordplay)

Selfish fellow swallows a penny?

Having I-strain (wordplay)

The "E" of "E-mail"

Controlled by semiconductors

The e in e-mail

Requiring energy: an endergonic chemical reaction.

Living as a parasite or symbiont within the tissues of a host.

""(used with a sing. verb) The branch of dentistry that deals with diseases of the tooth root, dental pulp, and surrounding tissue.""

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of organisms, such as algae) growing inside rock""

ENDOPHYTE

Crazy picosecond of peering into people

Final large policeman in charge of instrument for viewing organs

Relative of chromatic.

Having the same pitch but written differently, in a score

Of an embryonic layer

""Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound. as, an epenthetic letter or sound.""

Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

Originating from or causing sexual stimulation; erogenous

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

Relating to study of various peoples

Adjective (-ic)

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

FLORIGEN a plant hormone

Famous person among group of workers in charge of nerve centre

See phytogeography .

Having the earth as a center.

Revolving around the earth

Like Ptolemy's universe

""GRANULITE A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.""

Concerned with self-gratification

Devoted to pleasure

Pleasure-seeking

""Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.""

This ironic novel is melodramatic

Of acting; dramatic

Like a ham's performance

HOMOPHONE A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

Cultural

Growing without soil

MANIC one who is affected with mania

Abnormally deep or rapid breathing.

Faster than Mach 5

Very much faster than sound

Why person ice-skating circles very fast (wordplay)

""Having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution; -- of an aqueous solution. Increasing the concentration of dissolved solids increases the osmotic pressure, and thus the tonicity of a solution. Opposite of hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic.hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic.""

Leading to sleep; applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Variant of hypnagogic .

I tire and can go funny - caused by medical treatment (wordplay)

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

Discordant

Dissonant

IONIC a style of type

Adjective (-ic)

Having equal entropy.

ISOENZYME

Loyal to a fault

Jack in turn is tribal leader in charge who is chauvinistic

Patriotic

KAOLINITE

Inducing lactation.

Disease and Illness

An abnormally low number of white blood cells in the circulating blood.

Adjective (-ic)

Related to speech

Belonging to language.

Relating to language

Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

Araucaria absent in exam about dealing with comparison of pressures

MASTODON an extinct elephant-like mammal

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

MEDIAE media

""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.""

Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.

MENING mene

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

""METRONOME An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.""

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

MONOCARP a plant that yields fruit only once before dying

""Having one oblique intersection; said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization. Crystallization.""

Relating to a government whose leader has absolute power

Having one ring of atoms in the molecule

Containing one replaceable atom of hydrogen.

Immovably massive

Monumental record ignited this as the Romans said

Fitness freak, for one

Person obsessed with one issue

Obsessive type

Like most 1950s recordings

MONOSTELE

Of a form of marriage

Kind of marriage.

Of a kind of royal marriage

Adjective (-ic)

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.""

NEPHELINE

NEPOTIST one who practices {nepotism=n}

Caused by the nervous system

The medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it.

A toxin that damages or destroys nerve tissue.

*Believing in nothing

Believing in nothing

Rejecting all values

NOMOTHETE A lawgiver.

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

ENZYMIC pertaining to an {enzyme=n}

GENETIC pertaining to {genetics=n}

MIMETIC resembling {mimesis=n}

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

NOVELIST one who writes novels

Pertaining to collectors' items.

Relating to coins or currency

Of coins

OLIVINE a mineral

ORGANISM any form of animal or plant life

OROGEN a region which has undergone orogeny

Osteogenetic.

Like plastic silverware

Adjective (-ic)

Amid 17, shorten form of an organ

Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

Of wordless expression

Rubbish for parodying, like some theatrical entertainment

""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.""

Causing disease

Notice gap in organisation - hospital cuts could cause disease

Route around soldier in charge may carry infectious consequences

Russian middle name

Sort of name unusual for Cypriot man

Name derived from forefather

Like the scale C-D-E-G-A-C

Description of scale that could be found in ancient pot

Spectral tailless rodents seen by parking area in southern county

Eerie

PHENOTYPE

PHONEME a unit of speech

Pl. phonologies The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.

Liable to be shot (wordplay)

Pretty as a picture (wordplay)

Welcome adjective for screen hopefuls.

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

PLEONASTE A black variety of spinel.

PLEUSTON aquatic vegetation

Hospital able to treat wide variety of diseases

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

POZZOLAN a finely divided material used to make cement

Favoring Simon Magus's sect (wordplay)

Looking ahead

Omen.

Of or pertaining to the pronephros.

One who loves lighting (wordplay)

One who goes up on flames (wordplay)

He's a flaming nutter!

Relating to or caused by radioactivity.

""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.""

Of physics or biology perhaps

Part of UNESCO.

Methodical but not artistic presumably

SKELETON the supporting bone structure of a body