2-Letter Words Starting with C

One who holds the theory or catastrophism.

Centripetal

""Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development.""

Head

English word

""Any of a class of chemical substances, some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity, whose structure contains a beta-lactam ring fused to a six-membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. The first of the series, cephalosporin C, was discovered by G. Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents, some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections. The cephalosporins are the second class of beta-lactam antibiotic to be discovered, the first being the penicillins and more recent classes being the thienamycins and sulfazecins. The cephamycins are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta-lactam ring, rendering them more resistant to penicillinases. Among the cephalosporins which have been found clinically useful are cephalexin, cephaloridine, and cephalothin.cephalosporin C, was discovered by G. Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antiba

""The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.""

Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

A blood glycoprotein to which copper is bound during transport and storage.

Chairmanship

Chalcopyrite

The three in a "threepeat"

Posh mini crashed in men's competition

Where to find a winner's belt

Cheeseparing

(Chemistry) an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds

""A sensory nerve cell or sense organ, as of smell or taste, that responds to chemical stimuli.""

Chemotropism

""The leader or head of a group, especially of a clan or tribe.""

Room features

CHIROGRAPHER One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

Chirography

Chiropractic

Professionals who might get your back up (wordplay)

""A thick-walled, asexual fungal spore that is derived from a hyphal cell and can function as a resting spore.""

Chloropicrin

""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.""

Choreograph

I arrange steps (wordplay)

Robbins, for one

One skilled in arranging dances

Relating to dance movements

Chorographer

Chorography

A piece of equipment used to perform chromatography{2}.

""A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.""

""A conjugated protein, such as hemoglobin, that contains a pigmented prosthetic group, such as heme.""

Chromosphere

Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.

Of or pertaining to a chronograph.

See chronotherapeutics .

The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

Chymotrypsin

Old apparatus for films

Instrument for producing film

Motion-picture theater, to a Londoner

In a cautious manner

Clapperclaw

One fearing confined spaces

Coadaptation

Coauthorship

""CHAIRPERSON the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.""

Cabal member

Fellow plotter

Codependence

Coleopterist

Partnership in office.

The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.

The office of a commander.

Compactness

Pleasant to associate with

Partner in a position to be agreeable

Al Capone in mob surprisingly convivial

""COMPANION One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.""

Escort vessel (wordplay)

Naval escort (wordplay)

Naval escort providing camaraderie

Such friendly fashions get one up on board

They're all for your ups and downs on board

Has someone with you got the manners to help you to get up on board (wordplay)

A similarity allowing comparison; an approximate equivalence.

Relatively

COMPARATIVE Of or pertaining to comparison.

Divided into sections

Commander, somewhat mad, is sectioned

Commander, a bit crazy, is sectioned

Compartment

Inclined to pity

Showing sympathetic feelings

Showing sympathy and concern

Mutual tolerance

Compellation

In a compendious manner.

Compensation

Competitive

Complacency

Complaining

Complaisance

Complaisant

Like red and green

Kind of 2 down treatment - temple acronym (anagram)

Matching

Complement

Complexation

Complexify

Complexness

Complicated

What Avril Lavigne dealt with on her first hit (wordplay)

Problems

Expressing approval - not to be paid for

Free (ticket); praising

Like an Annie Oakley

Compliment

Relating to creation of a musical work

Comprehend

Capacity of under-standing

Grasp - knowledge

Perception

Including everything at school

One type of auto insurance

All-in school

""COMPRESSION The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.""

Compressive

Compurgation

Computation: amounts beyond compute.

Of or pertaining to computation (definition 3).

COMPUTERISE

""COMPUTERIZE to provide with computers; as, Our office is fully computerized now.as, Our office is fully computerized now.""

English word

Conceptual

""A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.""

One who maintains the theory of conceptualism.

An elaborated concept.

""To to form a concept of; as, He could not conceptualize a robot that would help paralyzed patients.as, He could not conceptualize a robot that would help paralyzed patients.""

Strong sexual desire

Know drink will lead to one episode involving introduction of carnal desire

Lust

""Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires.""

Conidiophore

CONSCRIPTION An enrolling or registering.

Conspicuity

Conspicuous

Conspiration

Constipation

Consumership

In a way tending to or indication consumption.

Rotterdam, for example

Large transport vessel

Large cargo vessel

Vessel such as docks at Felixstowe

Looking or just thinking about it

'Sages leave your --s' (carol)

Thinker's forte

Long and thoughtful observation

Employing meditation

Contemplator

CONTEMPORIZE to happen at the same time.

Contemporize

Mechanism blocked by church (wordplay)

Gubbins the church brought in for limiting population

Birth control device

Capable of preventing pregnancy

One who writes music in the style of Bach, say

Variant of convertiplane .

An airplane built to fly vertically as well as forward.

Cooperative

Coparcenary

Business arrangement between equals

Conservative arranged intro, perhaps, for business association

Copiousness

Coplanarity

""Inflected form of POLYMERIZED Inflected form of POLYMERIZE To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde. polymerize aldehyde.""

Copolymerize

Plural of gerund noun

PRODUCTIONS production

Coprophiliac

Coproprietor

(Of a work) such as may be legally protected

One can tell adulterers by their shoes!

Corporality

CORPORATIVE

Corporeality; corporeity.

A journalist who actually writes!

Reporter on specialist areas

Like a reporter

Reciprocal match in centre of Margate

Conforming in every respect

Similar writing

Corresponding; conformable; adapted.

""One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption.""

Corruptness

See ACTH .

Cosmographer

Cosmography

Commanders clean up old literature and answer cultured people

The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

SPONSORSHIP State of being a sponsor.

Cotransport

The function and rank or office of a counselor.

English word

Counterplay

Counterpoint

COUNTERPOISE To act against with equal weight; to equal in weght; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Counterpoise

COUNTERPOSE

Counterpower

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Counterspell

Skill in an occupation

(Worker's) skill

Chapman's first translation shows this (wordplay)

Craftsperson

CRYOPRESERVE

Cryopreserve

Cryotherapy

Plural or third person singular

Process of deciphering codes

Code-busting

Code breaking

Turing's team at Bletchley Park, for example

The analysis and deciphering of cryptographic writings or systems.

""One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.""

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

Like much GCHQ work

Code-based

Cryptologist

Cryptorchism

Study of creatures whose existence has not been scientifically proved

Culpability

Guardian's reponsibility

Keeping playing Cupid astonished all but the final couple

See cycloalkane .

Cyclopropane

Cyclosporine

Calligraphist

Bellringers

Campylobacter

""Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.""

It makes letters bigger

Tendency to unpredictable mood changes

Whimsy

Caprification

Captiousness

Cardiography

""Pl. cardiomyopathies A disease or disorder of the heart muscle, especially of unknown or obscure cause.""

Of or pertaining to cartography.

""CATALEPTIC Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit. as, a cataleptic fit.""

Catastrophism

Catastrophist

Cephalization

Cephalometry

Cephaloridine

Cephalosporin

Ceruloplasmin

The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

Chemisorption