2-Letter Words Ending in C

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

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

A spectroscope equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction.

""SPECTROSCOPE An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.""

Formation and development of spermatozoa by meiosis and spermiogenesis.

""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

STREPTOCOCCI

Adjective (-ic)

Adjective (-ic)

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

Brain

THERIOMORPH

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

Type of resin

THERMOSPHERE

""Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.""

TROPHOBLAST

*Not about to raise eyebrows

Straightforward

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.""

ZOOPLANKTON

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

""NEOPLASTIC of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

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)

CLAUSTROPHOBE

COMPUTERPHOBE

Adjective (-ic)

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

Adjective (-ic)

ENANTIOMORPH

Adjective (-ic)

ERGASTOPLASM

The formation or production of red blood cells.

EXPANSIONIST

Of or relating to an often immoderate reverence for forebears or tradition.

Adjective (-ic)

""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.""

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.

""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.""

PSYCHIATRIC Of or pertaining to psychiatria.

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

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(used with a sing. verb) The branch of physics that deals with the interconversion of electricity and light.

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

""OPTIMISTIC Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.""

""SIMPLISTIC Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.""

Of or relating to paralanguage or its study.

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.

Posterior or distal to a ganglion.

An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage by comparison to a standard voltage.

Inflected form of PSYCHEDELIC Inflected form of PSYCHED psych

Inflected form of SYMPTOMATIC Inflected form of SYMPTOM a subjective indication of a disease

Seeking to influence opinion in favour of non-religious short verse

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’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.

Believing in mediums communicating with the dead

STAPHYLOCOCCI

""(Chemistry) Chem relating to or having fixed position in space, as in the spatial arrangements of atoms in certain polymers""

""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.""

""Inflected form of MICROSCOPIC Inflected form of MICROSCOPE An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.""

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

SUPERPATRIOT

A grand unified field theory that attempts to unify the fundamental forces by postulating a symmetry relating the known fermions to hypothetical bosons and the know bosons to hypothetical fermions.

""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.""

Causing or promoting blood clotting: a thromboplastic protein.

""PATRIOTIC Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance. as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.""

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.

Like serpentine writing

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>,

Initially inferior count: sceptical, sadly, about making a baby (wordplay)

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.

EXPRESSIONIST

""GYNANDROMORPH An animal affected with gynandromorphism,""

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 a traveler's journal, often

Describing a school of painting.

A la Renoir

""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.

""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

PARTICULARIST One who holds to particularism.

""PERFECTIONIST One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life.""

(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

*Like the 'Hunger Games' trilogy

*Like the "Hunger Games" trilogy

Adjective (-ic)

PROGRESSIVIST

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

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

Adjective (-ic)

Like astrology or psychokinesis

(Of knowledge) not based on rigorous investigation