2-Letter Words Ending in C

Relating to or characterized by the changes effected by modern advances in technology and electronics: the technetronic era; our technetronic society.

Like a government of scientists

An instrument for measuring tensile strength.

THAUMATURGE A magician; a wonder worker.

Relating to temperature measurement

""Heat-loving; -- applied especially to microorganisms such as certain bacteria, fungi and algae, which grow best at temperatures above 40<deg/ C (e.g. between 50<deg/ and 60<deg/), and in some cases at temperatures that would kill ordinary microorganisms. They are found in naturally hot locations, such as at hot springs or the thermal vents at the ocean bottom.""

Maintaining a constant temperature

Temperature-controlled

Of or retaining to thermotaxis.

Manifesting thermotropism.

THROMBOCYTE

Pl. thrombolyses (-s z) Dissolution or destruction of a thrombus.

""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 .""

Corsican with Etna erupting over the sea

Canine co-star bombed over the water

Contain scare flying across the sea

Span Arctic if at sea spanning an ocean

Spanning a specific ocean

Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; said of certain birds and insects.

Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.

Relating to the lowest layer of the atmosphere

Power failure without show of hands

Organisation is not despotic or totalitarian

Curt comedian abandoned without popular support

ZWITTERION

""Botany Capable of being divided into equal halves along any diameter, as the flowers of the rose or tulip; radially symmetrical.""

Of or pertaining to adventurism.

""Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an allelomorph.""

AMPHITHEATRE

In the wrong time period

Anarchist icon destroyed before its time

Out of keeping with chronology

Reducing sexual desire

(Drug) tending to diminish sexual desire

(Of a drug) lowering sexual urges - Rio's a handicap (anagram)

A condition in which the refractive power of one eye differs from that of the other.

Originating in human activity

ARTHRITIC

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

""RHEUMATIC Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.""

Counteracting scurvy.

SYMMETRIC Symmetrical.

Canterbury or York, for example

High church office

Senior church post

The science of architecture.

""The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.""

Pl. bacteriolyses (-s z ) Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.

BEHAVIORIST a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.

Like the study of books

The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

Adjective (-ic)

BRONCHOSCOPE

""Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.""

Head

""CHLOROPLAST A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms.""

Relating to dance movements

""The dissolution or disintegration of chromophil material, such as chromatin, within a cell.""

CHROMONEMA

Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.

Of or pertaining to a chronograph.

""CONGLOMERATE Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. as, conglomerate rays of light.""

CONSUMERIST

The analysis and deciphering of cryptographic writings or systems.

""Krptgrfk, Cryptographical Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.""

""An apparatus for measuring the optical density of a material, such as a photographic negative.""

Following on from causes

Having all events springing from causes

Controlled by external causes and not free will

""Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves. as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.""

Painful menstruation.

ECTOPARASITE Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; opposed to endoparasite. endoparasite.

ELECTROPHILE

Pertaining to electrostatics.

The development and growth of an embryo.

""ENDOPARASITE Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozo\'94n. ectoparasite. See Entozo\'94n.""

Poised, as a tightrope walker.

""The study of especially native or non-Western peoples from a combined historical and anthropological viewpoint, using written documents, oral literature, material culture, and ethnographic data.""

Located or originating beyond the Milky Way.

FERRIMAGNET

Of or relating to a crystalline dielectric that can be given a permanent electric polarization by application of an electric field.

FERROMAGNET

Adjective (-ic)

Relating to measuring small currents

Adjective (-ic)

GERONTOCRAT

Acting on or stimulating the gonads: a gonadotropic hormone.

GRANODIORITE

HETEROGAMETE

""Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.""

""Producing male and female gametangia in different structures or plants, as in some algae and fungi.""

HETEROTROPH

HISTAMINE

HOMOIOTHERM A homoiothermal animal.

HOMOPOLYMER

""Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.""

Like water-driven power stations

Run using water, as a plant

Colder city, her cooking supplied by natural power

(used with a sing. verb) See magnetohydrodynamics .

Adjective (-ic)

ESTHETIC appreciative of the beautiful

EUTECTIC a mixture with a low melting point

""GLYCEMIC having glucose in the blood, also GLYCAEMIC""

See hyperopia .

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

Patient with imaginary ailments

Morbidly anxious about health

One who imagines illnesses

""A character or symbol representing an idea or a thing without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word or words for it, as in the traffic sign commonly used for "no parking" or "parking prohibited." Also called ideograph .""

Eccentric; dictionary (sic) (anagram)

Peculiar to the individual

Peculiar or individual

Expansionist

Occurring within a species.

EPIDEMIC a widespread outbreak of a disease

Like the Enterprise in "Star Trek"

Relating to empty space

Relating to deep space

METALLIC a fabric or yarn coated with metal

PANDEMIC a widespread disease

SPECIFIC a remedy intended for a particular disease

Occurring or situated within the space of a galaxy.

Arising or occurring within a species: intraspecific competition.

Within the thora<?/ or chest.

Adjective (-ic)

Having equal numbers of electrons or the same electronic configuration.

Like dictionary making

""A written symbol representing an entire spoken word without expressing its pronunciation; for example, for 4 read "four" in English, "quattro" in Italian. Also called ideogram , logograph .""

Adjective (-ic)

""(used with a sing. verb) The study of the overall aspects and workings of a national economy, such as income, output, and the interrelationship among diverse economic sectors.""

""Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements. as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.""

Valuing possessions and physical comfort

Keen on possessions

Coveting possessions

""A change in color caused by variation of the physical conditions to which a body is subjected, especially such a change caused by variation in temperature.""

Pl. microanalyses (-s z ) The chemical identification and analysis of extremely small quantities of matter.

The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms and their effects on other living organisms.

MICROCEPHAL

MICROCLIMATE

""(used with a sing. verb) The study of the operations of the components of a national economy, such as individual firms, households, and consumers.""

MINIATURIST A painter of miniatures.

MONOAMINE

Using only one colour

Term for all-over single color paint

Plain idle and amorous, lifting top of nightie

Monogrammic.

Adjective (-ic)

Of or pertaining to morphogenesis; concerned with the process of development of the normal features of an organism.

Adjective (-ic)

Adjective (-ic)

An apparatus used to measure the size and concentration of particles in a liquid by analysis of light scattered by the liquid.

Adjective (-ic)

ALLERGENIC of or pertaining to allergens or allergenicity.

""DEMOCRATIC Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.""

""ELECTRONIC Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons; as, electronic energy.as, electronic energy.""

PARAMETRIC

Stimulated by or releasing norepinephrine: noradrenergic neurons.

The exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena. Also called oceanology .

Ready to take any advantage

Taking immediate advantage

Exploiting passing advantages

Biology ()

ENERGETIC

Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy.

The scientific study of parasitism.

Formed from a compound word.

Caring but condescending

Behaving in a fatherly but unwelcome way

Closely supervising

PERSONALIST

""Centered on men or on a male viewpoint, especially one held to entail the domination of women by men.""

""The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.""

Donating to good causes

Doing good works

Intended to promote the welfare of others

Blood and Blood Vessels ()

Emitting electrons under light

Light-detecting

PHOTOPERIOD

PHREATOPHYTE

See physical geography .

(Of a crystal) producing charge under pressure

POLAROGRAPH

Multi-coloured

Multicoloured

Old mum wrapped in pricy cloth, magically displaying range of colours

Inflected form of CISTRONIC Inflected form of CISTRON a segment of DNA

Polyembryonate.

Following the embryonic stage of development.

Following injury or resulting from it: posttraumatic amnesia.

""ANESTHETIC Same as An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.""

""GANGLIONIC Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.""

""SCIENTIFIC Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations. as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.""

Quite simple, with five

Like Stone Age culture

Based on chance variation

PROGESTOGEN

History

PSEUDOMORPH An irregular or deceptive form.

Adjective (-ic)

Thriving at relatively low temperatures. Used of organisms such as bacteria and fungi.

Adjective (-ic)

Adjective (-ic)

RADIOISOTOPE

""RATIONALIST One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist. Reasonist.""

REGIONALIST

SPIROMETRIC

SCHIZOPHRENE

A device for producing a scintigram; a scintiscanner.

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

As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.

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

Photography

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.""

Production of steroids by living organisms.

""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

STROMATOLITE

Adjective (-ic)

Adjective (-ic)

""Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables. as, synchronistic tables.""

A chronic disease of the spinal cord characterized by the presence of fluid-filled cavities and leading to spasticity and sensory disturbances.

THERIOMORPH

Of a heat science

Relating heat to energy

Temperature expressed on the Kelvin scale

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

Type of resin

THERMOSPHERE

Like the Concorde

Crossing 'the Pond'

Like some cruises

THORACIC pertaining to a {thorax=n}

Pl. triboelectricities An electrical charge produced by friction between two objects.

""CARBOXYLIC 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.""