2-Letter Words Ending in C

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

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Opposing the physiological effects caused by stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system: a sympatholytic treatment.

""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.

Brain

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.""

""The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculations based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions.""

""Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.""

TROPHOBLAST

""Water an instrument for measuring the turbidity of water or other fluids. ; turbidimetric ,""

Using turbine-driven generators for power

ROMANTIC a fanciful person

CHARISMATIC Of or pertaining to a charism.

*Not about to raise eyebrows

Straightforward

Lacking compassion

Without compassion

Not likeable

See viscometer .

VOLUNTARIST

""Extreme dryness and thickening of the conjunctiva, often resulting from a deficiency of vitamin A.""

""The biological study of the geographic distribution of animals, especially the causes and effects of such distribution.""

ZOOPLANKTON

AGGLUTINOGEN

The study of human body measurement for use in anthropological classification and comparison.

ALLERGENIC of or pertaining to allergens or allergenicity.

ARRHYTHMIC

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

Inflected form of HISTAMINIC Inflected form of HISTAMINE

""HUMANISTIC Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. as, humanistic devotion.""

""NEOPLASTIC of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.

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

Efficacious against syphilis.

Pl. arteriographies Examination of the arteries using x-rays following injection of a radiopaque substance.

""ASTHENOSPHERE the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some transverse seismic waves.""

Like a self-sufficient life (wordplay)

Of or pertaining to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat.

BRACHYCEPHAL

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Of or relating to the heart and the chest.

Typical (of a person or thing)

Typical part of a log

Typical of particular part of a log

Synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water using energy obtained from the chemical oxidation of simple inorganic compounds. This form of synthesis is limited to certain bacteria and fungi.

""Classification of organisms based on differences at the biochemical level, especially in the amino acid sequences of common proteins. Also called chemosystematics .""

The study of the effects of time and rhythmical phenomena on life processes.

CLAUSTROPHOBE

""CARCINOGENIC Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation.as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation.""

COLLECTIVIST An advocate of collectivism.

COMPUTERPHOBE

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""Of, relating to, or producing pathological changes in cells.""

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DIASTEREOMER

(used with a sing. verb) The study of moving electric charges and their interaction with magnetic and electric fields.

Of or pertaining to electrokinetics.

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EMOTIONALIST

ENANTIOMORPH

Medical Specialties

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ERGASTOPLASM

ERYTHROBLAST a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop.

The formation or production of red blood cells.

EXPANSIONIST

Of or being a structure that is outside the embryo: extraembryonic membranes.

Of or relating to an often immoderate reverence for forebears or tradition.

Time ()

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Pl. glycogenolyses (-s z ) The biochemical breakdown of glycogen to glucose.

Causing mental visions

Causing unreal perceptions

Causing perception without objective reality

""HEMOGLOBIN The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called h\'91matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called h\'91matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood. h\'91matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called h\'91matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.""

""HERMAPHRODITE An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.""

A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei.

Inflected form of AESTHETIC Inflected form of AESTHETE a person who affects an extravagant love of art

ENERGETIC

KERATOTIC

""METABOLIC Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.""

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

REALISTIC Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

adj. afraid of being injected

adj. afraid of being injected

Inflected form of NUCLEONIC Inflected form of NUCLEON a subatomic particle

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MAGNETOSPHERE the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field.

Of or pertaining to a megakaryocyte.

MERCANTILIST

Of or relating to a metalanguage or to metalinguistics.

""Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.""

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Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebrospinal.

CHARISMATIC Of or pertaining to a charism.

""HYGROSCOPIC Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.""

Not determined by a mechanical process; partly resulting from a creative process.

PSYCHIATRIC Of or pertaining to psychiatria.

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

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(used with a sing. verb) The branch of physics that deals with the interconversion of electricity and light.

Metalorganic.

""Photography Of, relating to, or accurately reproducing the colors of the subject.""

OSCILLOGRAPH a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating .

""A form of arthritis, occurring mainly in older persons, that is characterized by chronic degeneration of the cartilage of the joints. Also called degenerative joint disease .""

""OPTIMISTIC Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.""

""SIMPLISTIC Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.""

Of or relating to paralanguage or its study.

The production of fruit without fertilization.

A short campaign organised with many special effects (wordplay)

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The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.

Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.Homoiothermal.

Posterior or distal to a ganglion.

An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage by comparison to a standard voltage.

Inflected form of PSYCHEDELIC Inflected form of PSYCHED psych

Inflected form of SYMPTOMATIC Inflected form of SYMPTOM a subjective indication of a disease

Seeking to influence opinion in favour of non-religious short verse

Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

Sound ()

""Pl. psychoanalyses (-s z ) a. The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts, in order to free psychic energy for mature love and work.""

""Biology the study of the relations or interrelations between body and mind, especially as exhibited in the nervous system. ; psychobiologist, ; psychobiologic, psychobiological,""

PSYCHODRAMA

Pl. psychoneuroses (-s z) Neurosis. No longer in scientific use.

""Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by bacterial infection.""

""Instruments an instrument for measuring the intensity of the sun’s radiation. ; pyrheliometric,""

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REDUCTIONIST

Any of several instruments used to measure the index of refraction of a substance.

Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

Radiology employing x-rays.

""The science that deals with the description, classification, and origin of sedimentary rock.""

Pl. serodiagnoses (-s z) See immunodiagnosis .

""Activated by or capable of liberating serotonin, especially in transmitting nerve impulses: serotonergic neurons; serotonergic drugs.""

Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.

SPECTROGRAPH An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum.

SPERMATOPHYTE Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta.

Believing in mediums communicating with the dead

STAPHYLOCOCCI

STEREOISOMER

""(Chemistry) Chem relating to or having fixed position in space, as in the spatial arrangements of atoms in certain polymers""

Calculation of the quantities of reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

""Inflected form of ATMOSPHERIC Inflected form of ATMOSPHERE The whole mass of a\'89riform fluid surrounding the earth; applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars. as, the atmosphere of Mars.""

SUBJECTIVIST One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.

""Inflected form of METACENTRIC Inflected form of 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.""

""Inflected form of MICROSCOPIC Inflected form of MICROSCOPE An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.""

THERAPEUTIC One of the Therapeut\'91.

SUPERPATRIOT

A grand unified field theory that attempts to unify the fundamental forces by postulating a symmetry relating the known fermions to hypothetical bosons and the know bosons to hypothetical fermions.

""TACHISTOSCOPE An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.""

Chronic dilation of groups of capillaries causing elevated dark red blotches on the skin.

""Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents. as, thermoelectric currents.""

""(Physics / General Physics) of or concerned with the relationship between heat and magnetism, esp the change in temperature of a body when it is magnetized or demagnetized Former term pyromagnetic""

The blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot dislodged from its site of origin.

Causing or promoting blood clotting: a thromboplastic protein.

ENERGETIC

""PATRIOTIC Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance. as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.""

ULTRAREALIST

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

CHAUVINISTIC fanatically patriotic.

Apathetic flipping nuisance! Shut it!

Cool cuties hit annus horribilis

Showing no interest

Of or pertaining to the whole; universal.

""Pl. xenodiagnoses (-s z) Diagnosis of an infectious disease at an early stage by exposing a presumably infected individual or tissue to a clean, laboratory-bred mosquito, tick, or other vector and then examining the vector for the presence of the infective microorganism.""

Of or pertaining to achondroplasia.

Seeing man as focus of the universe

Regarding humans as all-important

Revolving around mankind

Described in a human form

Having a human form

Treating nonhuman beings as humans

Same as Antaphrodisiac. Antaphrodisiac.

Inflected form of CHOLINERGIC Inflected form of CHOLINE an alcohol found bile

A form of arteriosclerosis characterized by the deposition of atheromatous plaques containing cholesterol and lipids on the innermost layer of the walls of large and medium-sized arteries.

Like serpentine writing

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""The highly vascular fetal membrane that consists of the fused chorion and allantois, found adjacent to the eggshell in reptiles and birds and constituting the placenta in most mammals.""

CHROMATOGRAPH a piece of equipment used to perform chromatography{2}.

""CINEMATOGRAPH an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zo\'94gyroscope, zo\'94praxiscope, etc.movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the <altname>movie projector</altname> are <altname>animatograph</altname>, <altname>biograph</altname>, <altname>bioscope</altname>, <altname>electrograph</altname>, <altname>electroscope</altname>, <altname>kinematograph</altname>, <altname>kinetoscope</altname>, <altname>veriscope</altname>, <altname>vitagraph</altname>,

COMMERCIALIST

Initially inferior count: sceptical, sadly, about making a baby (wordplay)

Flexible, as an acrobat

""Of, relating to, or derived from more than one family of languages; as, cross-linguistic evidence.as, cross-linguistic evidence.""

The study of cells and chemical compounds within cells by means of a cytophotometer.

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DOLICHOCEPHAL

(used with a sing. verb) The science that deals with the interaction or interconversion of electric and acoustic phenomena.

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Currently attractive (wordplay)

Like some fields

Type of radiation or wave

""Of or pertaining to electrophoresis; electrophoretic mobility; accomplished using electrophoresis; as, electrophoretic separation; electrophoretic analysis.electrophoretic mobility; accomplished using electrophoresis; as, electrophoretic separation; electrophoretic analysis.""

Pl. encephalopathies Any of various diseases of the brain.

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