2-Letter Words Ending in C

One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.

METRIC a standard of measurement

""Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.""

Adjective (-ic)

STATIC random noise produced in a radio or television receiver

Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.

MORPHIC pertaining to form

THERMIC pertaining to heat

The measurement of elevation relative to sea level.

IDEOGRAM a type of written symbol

IDEOGRAPH Same as Ideogram. Ideogram.

IDIOGRAPH A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trademark.

Idiomorphous.

Acting between atoms

ETHNIC a member of a racial or cultural group

Relating to pitch differences

""IONOSPHERE the outer region of the earth's atmosphere, beyond which is the exosphere; it contains a high concentration of free electrons and ions, and extends from about 50 miles to about 250 miles above the earth's surface, but the height shows daily and seasonal variation, and the composition of the particles in the ionosphere is also affected by events such as solar flares.exosphere; it contains a high concentration of free electrons and ions, and extends from about 50 miles to about 250 miles above the earth's surface, but the height shows daily and seasonal variation, and the composition of the particles in the ionosphere is also affected by events such as solar flares.""

ISALLOBAR

Having equal electric potential.

JARGONIST One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.

""Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing. as, a kymographic tracing.""

Like some nonlinear scales in mathematics

Descriptor for a type of spiral; am right coil (anagram)

LOGOGRAPH

Adjective (-ic)

Like an organic wholefood diet

Pertaining to the universe

MACROCYCLE

MACROPHAGE A large phagocyte.

MACROPHYTE

Visible to the naked eye

Clearly visible

""MANNERIST One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. Mannerism.""

MARTENSITE

MELIORIST

""Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; opposed to holoblastic. as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; opposed to holoblastic.""

Adjective (-ic)

MESOMORPH

""Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct. as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.""

MESOSPHERE

Adjective (-ic)

""METACENTRE The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.""

Found a cartoon character in charge of some rocks

Type of rock that has undergone transformation

Exhibiting structural change, as some rocks

Adjective (-ic)

Serving as a small example

Ape eats small reptile and big, reflecting bigger world

Formed of small stones.

Of or pertaining to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds.

Too small to see with the naked eye

Invisible to the naked eye

Nearly invisible

MINERAL any of various classes of inorganic substances

Up-to-date, for Bruce (wordplay)

Non-traditional; with new ideas

Relating to a recently developed style

""Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture. as, a monochromic picture.""

Having but a single stomach.

""MONOGRAPH A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.""

""Chemistry Having only one form, as one crystal form.""

MORPHOGEN

Pl. morphologies a. The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function.

""Of or relating to the electrical properties of muscle tissue from which impulses may be amplified, used especially in the control or operation of prosthetic devices.""

Composition of 18 regularly dropping off

Likely to drop off at any moment

Of a sleep disorder

(Medicine) Anatomy of or relating to the nose and stomach a nasogastric tube

Excretion of excessive amounts of sodium in the urine.

Practising magic

NECROPHILE

Adjective (-ic)

See antipsychotic drug .

""Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.""

Tending to affect or attack nervous tissue: a neurotropic venom.

NOMOGRAPH

ALLERGIC a person with an allergy

AROMATIC a fragrant substance

ARTISTIC pertaining to {art=n}

DRAMATIC pertaining to {drama=n}

""A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.""

HARMONIC an {overtone=n}

OPERATIC the technique of staging operas

ORGASMIC pertaining to orgasm

OBSCURANT One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.

OCHLOCRAT

Relating to treatment of teeth/jaw irregularities

Killer keeps awfully hot - do I not? - aiming for straight sets

Making pegs fit in, doctor having difficulties introduces nevertheless

Dealing with treatment of bones

Of treatment of bones, muscles

Concerning the treatment of bones and muscles

""Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece. as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.""

Relating to or caused by standing upright: orthostatic hypotension.

As is Cain, a maniac (wordplay)

Like mum and dad (wordplay)

Like 'dad' or 'mum' (wordplay)

Of the origin of a mineral deposit.

""PARAGRAPH Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character g., a change of subject; now, the character <?/, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.""

""An apparent change in the direction of an object, caused by a change in observational position that provides a new line of sight.""

Of inserted comment.

In brackets

Like the end of this clue (in terms of punctuation)

""Body, Human , Perception""

""PERIDOTITE An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine.""

Moving from place to place.

Itinerant with epic trip ate wildly

Travelling in your job

""Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement. as, peristaltic movement.""

""PHONOGRAM A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.""

""Measurement of the properties of light, especially luminous intensity.""

(Of plant) turning towards light

Seeking the light

Instruments

An instrument that measures the area of a plane figure as a mechanically coupled pointer traverses the perimeter of the figure.

The control by a single gene of several distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects.

""Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria. as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.""

PLURALIST A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

Deriving power from wealth

Rich and strong

Powerful and wealthy

CENTRIC situated at the center

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

Polymorphous.

""Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively finegrained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline.""

BIOLOGIC a drug obtained from an organic source

DIABETIC one who has diabetes

DYNASTIC pertaining to a {dynasty=n}

ELECTRIC something charged by electricity

Short price I misread is out of date

Very old or out of date

Before written records

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

SYNAPTIC pertaining to {synapsis=n}

Injured climber, a top becoming tricky

Uncertain or questionable

Raising a lot of doubt

""Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head.""

Medical Specialties

PROKARYOTE

""Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.""

Of or pertaining to the prothorax.

""Sensing pain, pressure, heat, or cold in a nonspecific manner, usually without localizing the stimulus. Used especially of certain sensory nerves.""

PROTOSTELE

Concerned with treatment of the mind

Chirpy cat is mad about mental health

Concerned with the treatment of mental illness

One type of flow from a volcano

Related to fireworks

Holiday display adjective

Relating to fireworks

PYROXENITE A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.

RACIALIST

""Sun an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiant energy, composed of vanes which rotate at speeds proportionate to the intensity of the energy source. ; radiometric ,""

Adjective (-ic)

Invariably performed in the same way

Like religious services

Relating to ceremonies

Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Relating to the study of group relationships

Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.

""SPHINCTER A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder. as, the sphincter of the bladder.""

Concerning the occult.

An instrument for measuring the volume of air entering and leaving the lungs.

""SPOROPHYTE In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.""

Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.

""A method in neurosurgery and neurological research for locating points within the brain using an external, three-dimensional frame of reference usually based on the Cartesian coordinate system.""

Like a stock image

Conventional

Cooperative, in a way

Working together to greater effect

(Of language) omitting inessential words

In charge on paper that's economical with words

Having the centromere in a terminal position. Used of a chromosome.

TERATOGEN

The biological study of birth defects.

""TERRORIST One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.""

""TETRASPORE A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.""

Centering on God as the prime concern: a theocentric cosmology.

THEOREM an established but not self-evident principle

Relating to healing

Related to healing

Contributing to good heath

""Capable of surviving high temperatures, especially those of pasteurization. Used of a microorganism.""

THIXOTROPE

""A hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates and regulates the activity of the thyroid gland. Also called thyroid-stimulating hormone , thyrotropic hormone .""

Of or relating to measurement by titration.

Relating to an X-ray cross section visualisation technique

Adjective (-ic)

Showing hills and rivers, as a map

URANIC pertaining to {uranium=n}

SYLLABIC a speech sound of high sonority

THEISTIC pertaining to a {theist=n}

Cave-dwelling

Inhabiting caves.

Capable of causing tumors.

Of text setting

Like some errors

Tending to cause an ulcer.

""ECCENTRIC Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion. as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.""

Not supporting one's country

Not loving one's country

Traitorous

Not sensible or practicable

Shakespeare play

Not practical

""VERBALIST A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.""

An instrument used to measure viscosity. Also called viscosimeter .

""A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.""

A dry photographic or photocopying process in which a negative image formed by a resinous powder on an electrically charged plate is electrically transferred to and thermally fixed as positive on a paper or other copying surface.

Both dry and hot: a xerothermic climate.

""XYLOGRAPH An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography.""

Bilaterally symmetrical. Used of organisms or parts.

Absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric secretions of the stomach.

""Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic. (a) heating, or (b) actinic.""

(used with a sing. verb) The science of magnetic characteristics associated with atmospheric conditions.

Using words and numbers

Using A-Z and 0-9

Referring to both characters and figures

Adjective (-ic)

""AMPHIBRACH A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (\'de -- \'de); as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.""

Rearranging the letters of a word or phrase

Like this puzzles four long answers, in relation to each other

""Centered or focused on men, often to the neglect or exclusion of women: an androcentric view of history; an androcentric health-care system.""

ANDROGEN a male sex hormone

Blood and Blood Vessels

""Causing loss of appetite; as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.""

""ANORTHOSITE A granular igneous rock composed almost exclusively of a soda-lime feldspar, usually labradorite.""

ENTROPIC pertaining to {entropy=n}

Counteracting hysteria.

PRURITIC pertaining to {pruritus=n}

Good against the rickets.

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.

Examination of the aorta using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance.

""Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective.""

Of a sea abounding in islands

Satiric actor playing noble

Of the nobility

Satiric actor turning 'blue'

ARTHROSCOPE

Having symmetry around an axis: an axisymmetric cone.

BELLETRIST

(used with a sing. verb) Biochemistry The study of the flow and transformation of energy in and between living organisms and between living organisms and their environment.

Adjective (-ic)

BUREAUCRAT An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

A. The art of fine handwriting.

Of or pertaining to process of using the calorimeter.

Producing cancer

Causing cancer

Pertaining to map-making

Chap tragic or silly in respect of maps

Relating to the drawing of maps