2-Letter Words Ending in C

Sensible MP with a tragic undoing

Matter-of-fact.

Matter-of-fact

ATOMIC relating to an atom

Of time before appearance of living things

Harry Price to accept rewritten obit: 'Life still to come'

""EXILIC pertaining to exile, also EXILIAN""

Producing rainbow colors, say

Is Ma with it in a crisp, light way (wordplay)

Rainbow-hued

Leaning forward; said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

""PROLE to prowl, also PROLL, PROUL""

PROPHASE the first stage in mitosis

For seeing sound (wordplay)

Criminal hit copper - that's ominous!

Telling of tomorrow

Of or pertaining to the prostate gland.

""Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus. as, a prothetic apparatus.""

A noncontagious inflammatory skin disease characterized by recurring reddish patches covered with silvery scales.

Itchy cops (anagram)

Like Hannibal Lecter

Out of touch with reality

""Producing heat; said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.""

Decomposition or transformation of a compound caused by heat.

Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene.

How some people wax (wordplay)

Expressing ecstatic feeling

Exalted description of Liszt piece

""Obtaining nourishment by absorption of dissolved organic and inorganic materials, as in protozoans and some fungi.""

SOPHIST one who use sophisms

Poor sci-fi rerun sending one to sleep

Inducing drowsiness or sleep

That's enough to make one drop off

Done in short bursts

Done in brief irregular bursts

Faulty compass I'd disconnected

""Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.""

Pencil set (anagram)

Being irritable, select pin differently

There's a splice around the cross net

TROPIC an imaginary circle on the celestial sphere

""SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""

""Pl. syllepses (-s z) A construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in He lost his coat and his temper.""

Ecology Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas without interbreeding. Used of populations of closely related species.

Like some music? My, Chopin's fantastic!

My! Chopin's unusually melodic

Like a major classical music form

TOPONYM the name of a place

TROPIST a user of tropes

""UTOPIST one who believes in the perfectibility of human society, also UTOPIAN""

ZOOPHILE a lover of animals

""ZOOSPORE a swarm-spore, also ZOOSPERM""

""Ecology Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Often used of populations of related organisms unable to crossbreed because of geographic separation.""

Of or pertaining to an allophone.

Zero latitude given to everybody, in more than one form

Everything round earthly circle existing in more than one form

A couple of lines? Old line on map taking more than one form

Arranged just like these words? Yes!

Like some codes

Like characters in a script

Could be ARIA 1100 HELP

Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.

Done in low relief, as a cameo

Kind of lens used by moviemakers

Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

POETIC pertaining to {poetry=n}

Application for injury benefit, perhaps

Preventing growth of microorganisms

Alcohol, for example.

""Pl. aphaereses or aphereses (-s z ) The loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, as in till for until.""

Inclined to quote maxims

Like an adage

Expressed pithily.

1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

In a sorry state (wordplay)

With hat in hand, perhaps

So sorry and disturbed, to ogle a pic

8 captain briefly could get mad

Red with rage

Overcome with anger

""Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.""

Intended to ward off evil: an apotropaic symbol.

ASCOCARP a spore-producing organ of certain fungi

ASCOSPORE One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi.

Type of curve, in math.

AXOPLASM the cytoplasm of an axon

BASOPHILE

BIOGRAPH to write a biography of

BIOMORPH a decorative image of a living thing

BIOSPHERE

Of or pertaining to bryophytes.

Maybe schizophrenic spasm after pet gets dreadfully pale

Used as a cataphor [adj] : CATAPHORICALLY

""Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.""

Having an affinity for or thriving at low temperatures.

CRYOSCOPE an instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.

Containing all branches of knowledge

Of or relating to degeneration or disease of cells.

Having an affinity for cells.

Descended from two ancestral lines or individuals.

Tactful negotiator in charge

Prudent to claim foul after drop

College choice for jerk is sensitive

""Abnormal development or growth of tissues, organs, or cells.""

""Medicine Of, relating to, or afflicted with dystrophy.""

Feeling your pain

Showing concern

Having the power of entering another's feelings

""A pathological condition of the lungs marked by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in labored breathing and an increased susceptibility to infection. It can be caused by irreversible expansion of the alveoli or by the destruction of alveolar walls.""

ENDOPHYTE

Crazy picosecond of peering into people

Final large policeman in charge of instrument for viewing organs

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

Former partner under extreme pressure say has to call up offering explanation

""Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.""

Situated immediately over the stomach

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

""Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.""

EPIGRAPH an engraved inscription

Of or relating to the part of the oceanic zone into which enough sunlight enters for photosynthesis to take place.

""Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.""

EVAPORITE

EXOSPHERE

Regional

Of or resembling the earth or its shape or surface configuration.

Providing stability through spin

Giving stability through high-speed rotation

Cog so pricy to fix, spinning as a ship's navigational aid, say (wordplay)

HALOPHILE

""HALOPHYTE A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.""

Paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

""Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophiliac.""

HERMAE herma

Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Disliking or fearing homosexuals to an unreasonable degree.

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

Growing without soil

""Of, pertaining to, or using a pressure that is greater than normal atmospheric pressure; as, a hyperbaric chamber, where divers may decompress slowly to avoid the bends.as, a hyperbaric chamber, where divers may decompress slowly to avoid the bends.""

Over the top

Type of geometry

Like some geometric curves

HYPERGOL a rocket fuel

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 .

Like a flu shot

Type of syringe

Kind of needle

STATIC random noise produced in a radio or television receiver

TACTIC a manoeuvre for gaining an objective

Clip of fool in 2 down in charge of disease with no known cause

Having equal entropy.

Isomorphous.

Having equal pressure.

ISOPLETH a type of {isogram=n}

KARYOTYPE

English word

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

Having an affinity for lipids; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules. Contrasted to lipophobic or polar.lipophobic or polar.

Having an affinity for lipids.

""Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.Madrepora.""

One million parsecs.

""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.""

""MEGASCOPE A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.""

MEGASPORE

MESOPHYTE

Like "chariot of fire" for the sun

Not literal

Figurative way to omit chapter where model disappears

Philosophical groundwork

In what orchestras make, the pay varies - there's no universal system of thought

MONOCARP a plant that yields fruit only once before dying

Like most 1950s recordings

Of or relating to the making of myths.

NAPHTHENE A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

English word

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

NEPHELINE

NEPOTIST one who practices {nepotism=n}

PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

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.

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

PACIFIST an advocate of {pacifism=n}

A patricide (anagram)

I act with a pride, running round, dealing with sick children

Adjective (-ic)

Amid 17, shorten form of an organ

Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

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,""

""PARACHUTE A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.""

PARADISE a place of extreme beauty and delight

Often Paradise The Garden of Eden.

""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.""

""Mathematics a. A constant in an equation that varies in other equations of the same general form, especially such a constant in the equation of a curve or surface that can be varied to represent a family of curves or surfaces.""

Blame taken by feeble soldier about having immobilised lower section

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

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

Of or pertaining to pederasty.

PEDOPHILE A person who has pedophilia.

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite. as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.""

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

Description of scale that could be found in ancient pot

PERICYCLE

""Sessile organisms, such as algae and small crustaceans, that live attached to surfaces projecting from the bottom of a freshwater aquatic environment.""

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.""

Spectral tailless rodents seen by parking area in southern county

Eerie

PHENOTYPE

Drunken hack almost lit pile of stamps

Relating to postage stamps

For stamp collectors

Being thus makes the GP calm, I fancy

Precarious plight came without emotion

Calm on pitch with game left in the air

""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}