2-Letter Words Starting with C

Recipient

A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.

Like many reefs

Pinky knackered in the middle

Type of atoll composition.

A sculptured basket of flowers or fruits used as an architectural ornament.

Corrosive.

Caustic about Ivor's broken heart

Caustic and destructive

Destroying by chemical action

New drug for arthritis.

Steroid developed nice torso

Miraculous new remedy for arthritis.

""The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball.""

Relationship; kinship.

""Kvlln, Covellite A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; hence called indigo copper. indigo copper.""

""A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.indigo copper.""

Lack of courage

Severe lack of courage

Timidity - lack of courage

Cramoisy Crimson.

Make a crackling noise.

Rattle stone that's found outside

What it swallowed at last could be crackling

Charge with an offense

Councillor in old cord skirt (wordplay)

Does my bum look big in this (wordplay)

Does her bum look big in this (wordplay)

Find fault with

Point out problems or mistakes

Is it Circe who turned to find fault (wordplay)

Dress down

Carp

Alarm clock swallower in "Peter Pan"

Captain Hook's nemesis

Large aquatic reptile

Transversely

Transversely.

Contrarily

Come to a climax (in)

Reach a climax (in)

Reach a peak

Four-couple sect (wordplay)

Grow (crops)

Encourage secretive group that is hiding tax

Garden - short one, where gale is raging

Spicated, you say, otherwise barbed

Pointed cap suited Lulu

Adapt for particular requirements

Heart of 5 replacing 5 in drunken Muscovite tailor

Chop, channel, slam, etc.

Cuticula

""A caustic acidic crystalline compound, NHCNH, prepared by treating calcium cyanamide with sulfuric acid.""

Italian cooking style

Prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms and herbs

Account on agency model in essence is prepared Italian-style

Roar with merriment

Laugh loudly

Reserve falling away finally, natural to be in stitches

Ring-tailed cat

""A syrupy, colorless, fuming ptomaine, C 5 H 14 N 2 , formed by the carboxylation of lysine by bacteria in decaying animal flesh.""

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany growing in dense tufts [from New Latin caespitōsus, from caespitem turf]""

Malice aunt spread to denigrate

Slander a hundred old students at start of event

Villify.

Songstress in a Paris musical

Tebaldi, for example

Concert singer.

Intone

Adjective meaning resembling

Make legally competent

Enable

Of or pertaining to capacitance.

Cash in London, say, is preferable, ultimately

What one should do to names making profit

Make the most of IIIIIII, by the sound of it

Teacher's fiat re spelling proper nouns

Profit by

Surrender on terms

Yield a title and a cup when beaten

Not about to sum up but give up

""To to change into caramel, by the action of heat; as, The sugar caramelized quickly.as, The sugar caramelized quickly.""

Turn sugar brown

Cook sugar for apples

Exaggerated depiction (of someone)

Travesty of a sort

Obama with extra-large ears, e.g

""A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.""

A substance produced by the process of catabolism.

CATABOLIZE

""One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey. Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.""

I agree cost is incorporated in order

Tie cargoes roughly and put into boxes

Type 'A secret I foolishly try to hide'

Arrange in groups

Label

Classify

A disaccharide that is produced from the partial hydrolysis of cellulose.

Two-lane road feature

*Painted highway divider

Stripe that equally divides the road

Possibly cited range of temperature

Term replaced by Celsius

Coin I rank by scale

Take to heart (wordplay)

Bring under a single control

Concentrate.

Chem-lab device

Dairy machine.

Rotating machine that separates particles

A lead-grey or black mineral, found as a copper ore or in veins

Direct into a fixed course.

Like gift of new chair by board

Kindly moving chair where food is served

Good daily fare protects his heart

Mistress of the household.

Mistress has to teach Liane composition

Mistress of a chateau.

""Pl. chelicerae (- -r ) Either of the first pair of fanglike appendages near the mouth of an arachnid, such as a spider, often modified for grasping and piercing.""

""An undergarment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.""

Adjective meaning resembling

Adjective meaning resembling

Finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish

Chiefly Southern U.S. A tall piece of furniture typically having drawers on one side and space for hanging clothes on the other.

Cornelius, for one

Bonobo, e.g

Close relative of man

""Pl. chlamydiae (- - ) Any of various gram-negative, coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia, especially C. psittaci and C. trachomatis, that are pathogenic to humans and other animals, causing conjunctivitis in cattle and sheep and trachoma, urethritis, and proctitis in humans.""

""Any of several compounds containing nitrogen and chlorine, especially an unstable colorless liquid, NH 2 Cl, used to make hydrazine.""

Treat pool water, maybe

Mineral used in making refractories

Stone makes loser itchy

Yellowish gemstone

Fibrous variety of serpentine, a form of asbestos

""A drug, C 10 H 16 N 6 S, that inhibits acid secretion in the stomach and is used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, such as peptic ulcers.""

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; called also cinchonia. cinchonia.

CINEMA a motion-picture theatre

Rock music welcomed by sorceress getting to perform a rite

To pour round; to spread round.

An amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.

To make classic or classical.

Variety of peach

It's a real peach

Variety of peach.

CLOFIBRATE

""A synthetic drug, C 26 H 28 CINO, that is used in its citrate form to stimulate ovulation.""

Turn up repeatedly before noon? That's ridiculous

Ridiculous

Harebrained

Bird needs a moment, being fabulous

Monster in heap of straw getting at food

One monster bird followed by a second

FAVORITE a person or thing preferred

Thoughtful

""Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes. as, cognizable causes.""

Notice

""The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.""

""A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; called also colchicia. C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; called also colchicia.""

""A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.""

A protective sheath enclosing the shoot tip and embryonic leaves of grasses.

Gathered in one mass

Prayer I have viewed as a whole

Innovative clue: 'Lot in coven?'

NCAA member (wordplay)

Of higher education

Attending Yale for example

Capable of combinding; consistent with.

Capable of igniting committee shattered by massive service cut

Funny female performer

Bea Lillie, for example

Lucille Ball, for instance.

Thing to eat.

Something to eat

Arrives with bare head, putting on hat to eat

""A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.""

The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.

Message from MacArthur.

Official announcement

Official bulletin.

Lamb with poetic bent in tune

Able to work with

What TV color is.

Making complete.

Obedience, as with the law

Acquiescence.

Policeman is worried by initially cautious cooperation

Make less simple

Make more involved

Make involved

Meet halfway ("The Merchant of Venice")

Meet half-way

Company millions guarantee settlement

Dreadful slump in voice production that can't be helped (wordplay)

Capable of conceiving.

Execute a rock blast

Sing onstage, for example

""Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. as, a concessive conjunction.""

Mollify, win over

Act as mediator

Win over

Convincing vice-consul is complicated

Final move for vice-consul

Vice-consul managed to be emphatic

Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.

CONCRETE to {solidify=v}

Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating.

""Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil. as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.""

Close friend, perhaps.

Study poem returned by poet's girlfriend

Female one entrusts with secrets

Secret communication engendering trust

Private communication of faith

Kind of man or game

Take away (property)

See circled letters (nonverbal)

Seize and study its face change

""Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever. as, a congestive fever.""

Preposition, for one.

Tendons, cartilage, ligaments, etc

Passive co-operation

Act of conspiracy

Illegal cooperation

Morality against biology (wordplay)

Eminem might have a "Guilty" one

Moral sense of right or wrong

An associate; an accomplice.

CONSTATE to {assert=v}

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

Be equivalent to

It's not repackaged in attractive form

Tunis octet playing with make-up

To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

""Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.""

Self-restraint; moderation.

Immediately united together; intimately connocted.

Expressing contortion.

Give (for a common purpose)

Chip in - supply

Support a fund

""Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. as, a convective discharge of electricity.""

""Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.""

I do not race (anagram)

Make the carpet match the drapes, say

Harmonise fancy decoration

Like a joiner's debut in carpentry work - value it poorly

Pl -lae [-ˌliː] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the technical name for pollen basket

See Iolite. Iolite.

With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.

Tending to put right

Intended to counteract (something undesirable)

Hardly a lost cause

Pocketing raised offer, my character's liable to deteriorate

Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

Someone who makes tight-fitting undergarments

Chanel, for example

Modiste.

Statistical calculation

Crossness; coarseness; thickness; density.

Adjective meaning resembling

Incinerate decomposing waste product

Worthy of notice

Worthy message left before it is entered

Cider drunk on board is worthy of praise

Horizontal part of H

Hilt-blade separator

Bar connecting two bitts.

CRYSTAL a transparent mineral

Capable of being cultivated or tilled.

Like a running total

Increasing by successive additions

Increasing by addition

Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.

English word

English word

Spirit of friendliness and trust

Esprit de corps

Closeness from dear America's uncertain

State of seeking election or nomination

A running for office.

To salvage parts from wreck is in balance

Island's cutting three-quarters of shrewdest use for spare parts

Use parts of one thing to repair another thing

Ability to store electric charge

""Pl. carabinieri (-b n-yâr , -b -ny r ) A member of the Italian police force.""

Character among a former group of clergy

High church office.

Drug relieving flatulence; vitamin care (anagram)

Rather caricatured

""Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black. wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.""

To operate on with a catheter.

CATHOLIC a member of the early Christian church

To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.

Bouquet at a meal, maybe

Dining room decoration

Arrangement on the table

""Any of various lipid compounds containing glucose or galactose and glucose, and found in the brain and other nerve tissue.""

Presenting symptoms of mental illness sufficient for legal commitment to a mental institution.

Exam pass document

Document verifying qualifications etc

Statement of qualifications

Cleaner and smarter - that's cold food!

Delicatessen or the meats sold in it

Cold cooked meats shop

CHERISH to hold dear

Adjective meaning resembling

Style of art inspired by the East

Lupus medication in the news

The difference between one color and a reference color of the same brightness and chromaticity.

""Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand. as, cinnabarine sand.""

CIRCULAR a leaflet

CIRCULAR a leaflet

Promoting circulation; circulating.

CIVILIAN a nonmilitary person

Wound isn't cleaned in private

Intend tailing tribe in secret

Almost doomed by family secret

Fashion designer's work (wordplay)

Air dryer (wordplay)

Washing up - and drying!

""CULTIVATE To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. as, to cultivate soil.""

Subject of current controversy.

Proposed substitute for cold war.

One alternative to an armed world.

""Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.""

Capable of being known.

Simultaneous or connected occurrence

Believe It or Not! item, often

Correspondence, result of an accident (wordplay)

""Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance or between other insurers.""

Pl. coleorhizae (-z ) A protective sheath enclosing the embryonic root of grasses.

Like an air-filled lifeboat

Like card tables

Able to be folded down

Capable of being collected.

COLLIGATE To tie or bind together.

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony