2-Letter Words Ending in C

MESOPHYTE

Like "chariot of fire" for the sun

Not literal

Figurative way to omit chapter where model disappears

Of a space-travelling object that has fallen to earth

""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.""

""MICROCYTE One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in an\'91mia.""

""Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.""

""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

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

MYELOCYTE

""Of, relating to, or recorded in myths or mythology.""

Of or relating to the making of myths.

Revivalist (art)

Recreating ancient motifs

In a style revived from the past

English word

""Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

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.

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

Relating to rule by a few

Of a tightknit ruling group

OLIGOMER a type of complex chemical compound

OLIVINE a mineral

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

Hopeful and confident

Happy-go-lucky

When Mr. Tebow is hopeful, he feels...

The practice or profession of an optometrist.

ORGANISM any form of animal or plant life

OROGEN a region which has undergone orogeny

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

Certain kind of shoe or brace

Like some shoes

Back in the USA? One could have such a problem

Instruments ()

Osteogenetic.

Like plastic silverware

Adjective (-ic)

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,""

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

PEDOPHILE A person who has pedophilia.

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

Description of scale that could be found in ancient pot

Viewing on all sides

PETROL to supply with petrol (gasoline)

""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.""

PHENOTYPE

""Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.""

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.

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

The acid in Coca Cola

Relating to a particular element

Liable to be shot (wordplay)

Pretty as a picture (wordplay)

Welcome adjective for screen hopefuls.

""Decaying the breakdown of matter or materials under the influence of light. ; photolytic , adj . Light ()""

Rendering the skin susceptible to damage by light. Used of certain medications and cosmetics.

Poisonous to plants.

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

Having the property of pleochroism.

PLEONASTE A black variety of spinel.

PLEUSTON aquatic vegetation

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

Hospital able to treat wide variety of diseases

CYCLIC moving in complete circles

CYSTIC pertaining to a {cyst=n}

Excessive or abnormal thirst.

Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.

PHASIC relating to a phase

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

POPULIST a member of a party which represents the common people

Adjective (-ic)

Subsequent to the Babylonian captivity, in Jewish history

POZZOLAN a finely divided material used to make cement

MEIOTIC pertaining to {meiosis=n}

MYCOTIC pertaining to {mycosis=n}

""Affected by presbyopia; also, remedying presbyopia; farsighted.""

VOCALIC a vowel sound

Zoology Having a pattern or coloration adapted for natural camouflage.

Favoring Simon Magus's sect (wordplay)

Looking ahead

Omen.

Of or pertaining to the pronephros.

Like artificial body parts

Peg cheers German man with facial twitch

Like Captain Hook's hook

""PROTOTYPE An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.""

Adjective (-ic)

One who loves lighting (wordplay)

One who goes up on flames (wordplay)

He's a flaming nutter!

Any of various thermometers used for measuring high temperatures.

PYROPE a variety of garnet

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

RIGORIST one who professes rigorism

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.""

Relating to education

Pedant and stoic clash violently

Clash with stoic could be academic

Showing only surface knowledge.

""A disease of the sebaceous glands characterized by excessive secretion of sebum or an alteration in its quality, resulting in an oily coating, crusts, or scales on the skin.""

Like Paraguay's climate

Like some plays.

Half-and-half kind of drama

SKELETON the supporting bone structure of a body

""The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.""

Unschooled

""SOLONETZ a type of soil, also SOLONETS""

A chemical reaction in which the solute and solvent react to form a new compound.

Pertaining to a second-year student (US)

Like a lot of humor in this puzzle, maturity-wise, admittedly

Biology ()

""Reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many sporozoans. Sporogony results in the production of sporozoites.""

Having poor ecological adaptability

Skillful in guessing or conjecturing.

OCEANIC pertaining to the ocean

Very fast - 11 (anagram)

Boom-causing, perhaps

*Anthropocentric jet type (wordplay)

Inspector cunningly concealing university second degree in music

Adjective (-ic)

""SYNCHRO a type of remote-control device, also SELSYN""

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

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

Caused by providential guidance

Adjective (-ic)

Like some communication

Long-distance, for instance.

Police sect (anagram)

Like some gun sights

Like some lenses

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.""

THERMION an ion emitted by a heated body

THOLEIITE

""Pl. thromboses (-s z) The formation, presence, or development of a thrombus.""

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

TOTALIST one who tends to regard things as a unified whole

""TOTEMIST a specialist in totemism, also TOTEMITE""

Like "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Sad but funny

Sad, but kinda funny at the same time

SONIC pertaining to sound

""TREMOLITE A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.""

MORPHIC pertaining to form

Pl. tropologies The use of tropes in speech or writing.

Too high for people to catch (wordplay)

Top Seattle cager (wordplay)

Too high to catch (wordplay)

DOGMATIC overbearing

4N (wordplay)

Not paying a foreign female jester that keeps on

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

Cranium not broken? Hard-headed!

Far from fervent

Lacking in sentiment.

Promoting the excretion of uric acid in the urine.

Excreting uric acid as the chief component of nitrogenous waste.

Relating to measures of cubic capacity

Kind of chemical analysis

Office fixture (wordplay)

Sleep-deprived employee, maybe

Labour fanatic (wordplay)

Relating to a foreign substance found in a body

Derived or obtained from an organism of a different species: a xenogeneic tissue graft; xenogeneic antibodies.

XENOLITH a fragment of rock in another rock

Disliking foreigners

Hating foreigners

Adjective (-ic)

XEROPHYTE

ZOOMORPH a God symbol with an animal form

Of or pertaining to achondrite.

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

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.

Lacking grammatical sequence.

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

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

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.""

MITOTIC pertaining to {mitosis=n}

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.""

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.""