2-Letter Words Ending in C

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}

Russian middle name

Sort of name unusual for Cypriot man

Name derived from forefather

Of or pertaining to pederasty.

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)

The acid in Coca Cola

Relating to a particular element

Having the property of pleochroism.

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

QUARTZITE Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; called also quartz rock. quartz rock.

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.""

""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

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.""

STRABISM a squint

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""

Working together

Cooperative.

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

Relating to stuffed animals

Like remote data transmissions

Of the science of data transmission

Producing darkness

TETRAMER a type of {polymer=n}

Fish beginning to ruin style of provincial ruler

Ruling in the name of a god

Like Aztecan society

Of government by the clergy

THERMION an ion emitted by a heated body

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

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

Like "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Sad but funny

Sad, but kinda funny at the same time

Like some organisms modified in labs

Containing DNA from a different organism

SONIC pertaining to sound

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

TRIBRACH a type of metrical foot

GLYPHIC pertaining to a {glyph=n}

""GRAPHIC a painting, print, illustration or diagram""

MORPHIC pertaining to form

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

BASIC fundamental principles

Advocating the extreme.

MAFIC a term for minerals rich in magnesium and iron

Too high for people to catch (wordplay)

Top Seattle cager (wordplay)

Too high to catch (wordplay)

Having little drawing power (wordplay)

After he'd sold 100, violinmaker's first to cry 'Boring!'

Humdrum

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

RHYTHMIC the science of rhythm

Cranium not broken? Hard-headed!

Far from fervent

Lacking in sentiment.

URBANIST a specialist in city planning

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)

Adjective (-ic)

XEROPHYTE

ZOOMORPH a God symbol with an animal form

Of or pertaining to achondrite.

A hydrometer used to determine the specific gravity of acid solutions.

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

ALBUMIN a {protein=n}

Of or pertaining to an algorithm.

Of or pertaining to an allograph.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Abnormal suppression or absence of menstruation.

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

Like one wanting to overthrow government

""Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.anisotropic.""

""Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations. as, anthracitic formations.""

1991's word: Fever-preventing

Fever-reducing drug

Stimulant of desire

Substance that makes you hot

Something that stimulates desire

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

""Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.""

Michael's maybe going to help bar change licensee

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.""

AUXOTROPH

Of or relating to a method of projection in which an object is drawn with its horizontal and vertical axes to scale but with its curved lines and diagonals distorted.

BAROGRAPH An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.

The measurement of the depth of bodies of water.

MORPHEMIC Of or pertaining to a morpheme.

Of or having to do with the electric current generated by living tissue.

BIORHYTHM

Quantity twice squared

Quantity raised to the fourth power

""BLASTOPORE The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.""

""Having a ring composed exclusively of carbon atoms, as benzene.""

Having origin in the heart.

Adjective (-ic)

""Pertaining to the centromere, the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis.""

Having compelling charm

Able to attract and inspire people

1999 2 out of 3 winner

CHERNOZEM

""Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. as, cholesteric acid.""

CHOLINE an alcohol found bile

CHROMATIN Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

""Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria. as, chromogenic bacteria.""

CHROMOMERE

Arranged in order of time of occurrence.

Critical period or event

William -, Eng. politician, philanthropist

Atmosphere around college mostly productive? That's a crucial point

""POLYMERIC Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; often used with with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other. with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other.""

An analytical method for determining the amount of a substance released during electrolysis in which the number of coulombs used is measured.

CRYPTOGAM A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

Of obscure or unknown origin. Used of diseases.

The study of cryptanalysis or cryptography.

Relating to the structure of populations

Population-related

Relating to the statistical study of populations

""Botany the branch of botany that studies trees. ; dendrologist , n . ; dendrologic, dendrological ,""

A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.

""Geology the process of movement that causes the earth’s crust to form continents, mountains, oceans, etc. ; diastrophe , n . ; diastrophic , adj . Earth""

Having or exhibiting two colors.

""Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.""

Relating to dramaturgy.

""An abnormality in an otherwise normal rhythmic pattern, as of brain waves being recorded by an electroencephalograph.""

""Of or pertaining to econometrics; as, econometric theories.as, econometric theories.""

Skinny

ECTOTHERM

Adjective (-ic)

ELASTOMER

Pertaining to the development of an embryo.

""ENDOMORPH A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.""

(Of a reaction) absorbing heat

Adjective (-ic)

""Geology the vertical movement or tilting of the earth’s crust, affecting broad expanses of continents. ; epeirogenic , epeirogenetic , adj . Earth ()""

CALORIC heat

Adjective (-ic)

Of Holy Communion

Like consecrated bread

Devotedly thankful

Chromosomal material that is genetically active and stains lightly with basic dyes.

Adjective (-ic)

EURYTHERM

""Characterized by increased fibrosis and cystic spaces, especially in glandular tissue: fibrocystic disease of the breast.""

Strictly following conventional usage

Relating to food

Very big on Greek's starter of fine food

Relating to the art of good food

Of or relating to the pseudo force caused by the earth's rotation.

GOITROGEN any substance (like thiouracil or thiourea) that induces the formation of a goiter.

""A florid, ornate literary style, often employing elaborate puns and conceits.""

""An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.""

""A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.""

GRANOPHYRE

Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.

Adjective (-ic)

""A type of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms, senseless laughter, delusions, hallucinations, and regressive behavior.""

A telescope equipped to measure small angular distances between celestial bodies.

Responding to sunlight

(Of plant) moving in response to sunlight

Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; said of a crystal.

""HEMISPHERE A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.""

""Pertaining or tending to a flux o<?/ blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.""

Interpretive; explanatory.

Adjective (-ic)

Biology ()

Medicine a. Occurring in an abnormal anatomic location: heterotopic bone formation.

""Biology Of, relating to, or being the reduction division of meiosis.""

Involving 3-D photography

Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; said of certain methods of spelling words.

Similar in form

Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.

""An instrument used to determine specific gravity, especially a sealed, graduated tube, weighted at one end, that sinks in a fluid to a depth used as a measure of the fluid's specific gravity.""

HYDROPATH A hydropathist.

HYDROPHILE

""Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison. as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.""

HYDROPHYTE An aquatic plant; an alga.

Relating to pressure in still fluids

Relating to water pressure

Relating to pressures in liquids at rest

""Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.""

Any of several instruments that measure atmospheric humidity.

HYGROPHYTE

Absorbing moisture from the air

Adjective (-ic)