2-Letter Words Ending in C

Singular bubble with incomplete opening will make one sweat

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

Sensuous city bar is demolished

Affording, enjoying, luxury

Devoted to luxury

Equally balanced

Evenly proportioned.

Well proportioned

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

""Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.""

Impractical heretic to change

Concerned with hypotheses

Not practical

Elegiac

Typical of sightseers

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.""

Of aeronautical speeds.

Close to speed of sound

Prepares in cartons really fast

Shocking so to cut it with a ram

Painful, in a way

Likely to scar

Like water and carbon dioxide

Description of a molecule such as water

Water is converting it to air, absorbing mass at the speed of light

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

CYCLIC moving in complete circles

TROPIST a user of tropes

""An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that chiefly affects rodents but can also be transmitted to humans through the bite of various insects or contact with infected animals. In humans, the disease is characterized by intermittent fever and swelling of the lymph nodes. Also called rabbit fever .""

""ULTRA an advocate of extreme measures, also ULTRAIST""

Excreting urea as the chief component of nitrogenous waste.

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

Medical Specialties

VIRTUOSI virtuoso

Cruelly savage (criticism)

Civil riot can be expressive of ill will

Capable of destroying by chemical action

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

Colourless church with scent outside

Colorless.

A dreamer with no name embraces church, having no shade

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

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

Of or pertaining to allometry.

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

Of or involving a change in the shape and activity of an enzyme that results from molecular binding with a regulatory substance at a site other than the enzymatically active one.

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

Could be ARIA 1100 HELP

Unselfish liars? Cut it out!

Concerned for others' wellbeing

Hardly selfish

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

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

Kind of lens used by moviemakers

Reclusive.

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

""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.""

DROMIC pertaining to a race-course

EROTIC an amatory poem

HEROIC an epic verse

""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.

Intended to ward off evil: an apotropaic symbol.

""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.""

""Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.""

Activity for summer (wordplay)

Field of operations (wordplay)

R without an apostrophe (wordplay)

Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: "a slight arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles" (Garrison Keillor).

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

ASCOCARP a spore-producing organ of certain fungi

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

ASTROCYTE a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.

Sky-high (colloq.)

Extremely large (colloq.)

It can be so romantic - really great!

Not regularly shaped

Not perfectly balanced

Like this puzzle's grid

Having absolute power

Like Holmes's breakfast-table man

Croatia cut out being dictatorial

""Sexually self-satisfying, as by masturbation.""

Of or pertaining to bacteremia.

Type of pressure

It's measured by the glass

Like some pressure

BIOGRAPH to write a biography of

BIOMORPH a decorative image of a living thing

BIOSPHERE

Of or pertaining to a bolometer.

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

Of or pertaining to bryophytes.

CARBONYL a chemical compound

""Of or pertaining to the carboxyl group; having a carboxyl group (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH); as, carboxylic acids are weakly acidic.carboxyl group; having a carboxyl group (written -COOH, -CO2H or -CO.OH); as, carboxylic acids are weakly acidic.""

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

Used as a cataphor [adj] : CATAPHORICALLY

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

(used with a sing. verb) The study of history using economic models and advanced mathematical methods of data processing and analysis.

COLORIST a person skilled in the use of color

Having a common center

Like some circles

Like rings on target

Of the same biological group

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

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

Crescentshaped.

Having an affinity for or thriving at low temperatures.

CRYOSCOPE an instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.

CRYOSTAT a refrigeration apparatus

Relating to mechanical man

Relating to a mechanical man.

Concerning robot brains.

Representation

""DECAMETRE A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.""

DEKAMETRE

Party for the Clintons

Enabling the will of the people

One way to vote

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

""Excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces, usually indicating gastrointestinal distress or disorder.""

""Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances. as, diathermic substances.""

Insulator, derelict IC (anagram)

An instrument that measures and indicates the amount of x-rays or radiation absorbed in a given period.

""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.""

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

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.

Relative of chromatic.

Having the same pitch but written differently, in a score

Of an embryonic layer

Situated immediately over the stomach

EPIGRAPH an engraved inscription

An instrument for measuring the amount of work done by a muscle or group of muscles.

Originating from or causing sexual stimulation; erogenous

Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar; caustic.

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

Having cells with visible nuclei surrounded by a nuclear membrane; pertaining to eukaryotes. Contrasted with prokaryotic.prokaryotic.

""1. having a pleasing and harmonious rhythm, order, or structure""

EURYBATH an organism that can live in various water depths

EVAPORITE

EXORCIST one who practices {exorcism=n}

EXOSPHERE

Like some reactions

Releasing energy, as a chemical reaction

FLORIGEN a plant hormone

Causing cold or freezing

Like much sci-fi

Fruit is cut, prepared for 7

Mixed fruit is cut ahead of time

Having the earth as a center.

Revolving around the earth

Like Ptolemy's universe

Regional

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

""GLYCERIDE A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially. glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.""

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

Providing stability through spin

Giving stability through high-speed rotation

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

HERMAE herma

HEROIC an epic verse

Arranged in order of rank

Classified according to various criteria

Rich Archie upset about order of importance

This ironic novel is melodramatic

Of acting; dramatic

Like a ham's performance

Like John Singer Sargent's "Male Nudes Wrestling"

Like much of Shakespeare's and Sappho's love poetry

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.""

Water

Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.

Growing without soil

HYDROSOL an aqueous solution of a colloid

HYDROXYL the group containing oxygen and hydrogen

""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.""

Like a flu shot

Type of syringe

Kind of needle

Of or pertaining to hysteresis.

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

IDEOGRAM a type of written symbol

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.

Adjective (-ic)

Isomorphous.

Adjective (-ic)

KARYOTYPE

KERYGMA the early preaching of the Christian gospel

English word

Disease and Illness

Adjective (-ic)

Having an affinity for lipids.

""Excessive, uncontrollable, or incoherent talkativeness""

Adjective (-ic)

""MACROCYTE An abnormally large red blood cell, associated with pernicious anemia.""

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

Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

Araucaria absent in exam about dealing with comparison of pressures

Of or pertaining to the masseter.

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

One million parsecs.

MEGASPORE

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

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.""

MONOCARP a plant that yields fruit only once before dying

Relating to a government whose leader has absolute power

Containing one replaceable atom of hydrogen.

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

MUSCARINE

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.

CALORIC heat

CARDIAC a person with a heart disorder

ORGANIC a substance of animal or vegetable origin

Relating to rule by a few

Of a tightknit ruling group

OLIGOMER a type of complex chemical compound

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 ()

Like plastic silverware

A patricide (anagram)

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

Amid 17, shorten form of an organ

""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