2-Letter Words Ending in C

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

""Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.""

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.""

""SAXOPHONE A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.""

Causing division in the RC Church

Favouring separation from a church

Singular elegance about theory volunteers rejected being fractious (wordplay)

Relating to education

Pedant and stoic clash violently

Clash with stoic could be academic

Of physics or biology perhaps

Part of UNESCO.

Methodical but not artistic presumably

Showing only surface knowledge.

""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.""

PUBLIC people as a whole

Like Paraguay's climate

SEPTIC an agent producing sepsis

Like some plays.

Half-and-half kind of drama

Ignoring real complexity

Not recognising true complexity

Naive; ignoring complexities

SKELETON the supporting bone structure of a body

""The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.""

Unschooled

""SOLONETZ a type of soil, also SOLONETS""

A chemical reaction in which the solute and solvent react to form a new compound.

Pertaining to a second-year student (US)

Like a lot of humor in this puzzle, maturity-wise, admittedly

Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.

Biology ()

""Reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many sporozoans. Sporogony results in the production of sporozoites.""

Having poor ecological adaptability

Skillful in guessing or conjecturing.

STRABISM a squint

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

OCEANIC pertaining to the ocean

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.

Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.

Methodical teams City's deployed

Methodical distribution of city's steam

Done methodically

Foreign claimant is charming (wordplay)

The study of the conditions and processes by which organisms become fossilized.

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

Relating to stuffed animals

Like remote data transmissions

Of the science of data transmission

Caused by providential guidance

Adjective (-ic)

More than sensitive (wordplay)

Always in one's thoughts (wordplay)

Like a meeting of the minds (wordplay)

Like some communication

Long-distance, for instance.

Police sect (anagram)

Like some gun sights

Like some lenses

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

""Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.""

THERMION an ion emitted by a heated body

THOLEIITE

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

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

TOTALIST one who tends to regard things as a unified whole

""TOTEMIST a specialist in totemism, also TOTEMITE""

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.

""Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.""

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)

Bad at schoolwork

I am a dunce upsetting college - not scholarly

Having little drawing power (wordplay)

ATHLETIC relating to vigorous physical exercise

DIDACTIC instructive

DOGMATIC overbearing

4N (wordplay)

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

Humdrum

Not paying a foreign female jester that keeps on

EMPHATIC stressed forcibly

Dirty, wretched guy in niche

So unclean, it's a likely cause of disease

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

PEDANTIC relating to a pedant

RHYTHMIC the science of rhythm

Cranium not broken? Hard-headed!

Far from fervent

Lacking in sentiment.

Broad characters in Spartacus, fine picture to broadcast

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.

""Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle.""

Relating to measures of cubic capacity

Kind of chemical analysis

Office fixture (wordplay)

Sleep-deprived employee, maybe

Labour fanatic (wordplay)

Relating to a foreign substance found in a body

Derived or obtained from an organism of a different species: a xenogeneic tissue graft; xenogeneic antibodies.

XENOLITH a fragment of rock in another rock

Disliking foreigners

Hating foreigners

Adjective (-ic)

XEROPHYTE

ZOOMORPH a God symbol with an animal form

""Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. as, an acatalectic verse.""

Of or pertaining to achondrite.

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

ACIDOPHILE

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}

ALCHEMIST One who practices alchemy.

English word

Of or pertaining to an algorithm.

Of or pertaining to an allograph.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

Abnormal suppression or absence of menstruation.

AMPHIPATH

AMPHIPHILE

Lacking grammatical sequence.

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

A knockout in the theatre!

Laughing gas, for example

A person could well be put out by it

ANALEMMA a type of graduated scale

Like one wanting to overthrow government

Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark>

Of or pertaining to animalism.

Of or pertaining to aniseikonia.aniseikonia.

""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.""

MITOTIC pertaining to {mitosis=n}

1991's word: Fever-preventing

Fever-reducing drug

Stimulant of desire

Substance that makes you hot

Something that stimulates desire

Momentous, catastrophic

Translation of a Coptic play is outstanding

Copy capital letters - it could be a revelation

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

""Pl. aposiopeses (-s z) A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.""

""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.

Of or pertaining to a batholith.

The measurement of the depth of bodies of water.

Relating to the binding of books.

MORPHEMIC Of or pertaining to a morpheme.

The study of the effects of climatic conditions on living organisms.

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

Of or pertaining to biologism.

BIORHYTHM

Quantity twice squared

Quantity raised to the fourth power

""Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.""

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

CACODEMON An evil spirit; a devil or demon.

Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

CAMOUFLAGE

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

Having origin in the heart.

Adjective (-ic)

Like a violent upheaval

With violent upheaval

Relating to violent upheaval

""CATECHIST One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.""

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

Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

""CHAMELEON A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham\'91leo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. Cham\'91leo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.""

Having compelling charm

Able to attract and inspire people

1999 2 out of 3 winner

The characteristic movement or orientation of an organism or cell along a chemical concentration gradient either toward or away from the chemical stimulus.

CHERNOZEM

Suppression of biliary flow.

""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

""Inflected form of ENZYMATIC Inflected form of ENZYME a complex protein, also ENZYM""

""COLUMNIST a journalist who writes or edits a regularly scheduled column{8} in a periodical, usually in editorial style; a type of editorialist.editorialist.""

Of the Left

Of the same species.

""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.

Of or pertaining to cyclothymia.

CYSTOSCOPE

Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.cytogenesis or cell development.

CYTOKINE a protein chemical messenger

""Of, relating to, or characterized by greatly enlarged cells.""

""CYTOPLASM The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.""

Relating to the structure of populations

Population-related

Relating to the statistical study of populations