7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -ITE with definitions
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Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | ACONITE | S | [n. -S] · a poisonous herb - ACONITIC [a.] / [x] { aconite aconitum § aconites aconitums § aconitic } |
| — | ALUNITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | AMIRITE | — | † [interj.] · am I right / [x] { amiright amirite } |
| — | AMOSITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of asbestos |
| — | APATITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | ARENITE | S | [n. -S] · rock made up chiefly of sand grains |
| — | ATTRITE | DS | [v. -TRITED, -TRITING, -TRITES] · to attrit «to lose by attrition» (=attrites attriting) / [x] { attrit attrite § attrits § attrit attrite attrited attrites attriting attrits attritted attritting } |
| L | AZURITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | BAUXITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of aluminum - BAUXITIC [a.] |
| — | BIOTITE | S | [n. -S] · a form of mica - BIOTITIC [a.] |
| — | BORNITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of copper - BORNITIC [a.] (=bornitic) |
| — | BRUCITE | S | [n. -S] · a form of magnesium hydroxide |
| — | BURKITE | S | [n. -S] · a burker «one that burkes» / [x] { burker burkite § burkers burkites } |
| — | CALCITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - CALCITIC [a.] |
| — | CHEDITE | S | [n. -S] · an explosive / [x] { cheddite chedite § cheddites chedites } |
| — | COESITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of silica |
| — | CORDITE | S | [n. -S] · an explosive powder |
| — | COWRITE | RS | [v. -WROTE, -WRITTEN, -WRITING, -WRITES] · to collaborate in writing |
| — | CRINITE | S | [n. -S] · a fossil crinoid / [x] { crinite encrinite § crinites encrinites } |
| — | CUPRITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of copper |
| — | CYANITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - CYANITIC [a.] / [x] { cyanite kyanite § cyanites kyanites § cyanitic kyanitic } |
| — | DESPITE | DS | [v. -SPITED, -SPITING, -SPITES] · to treat with contempt |
| — | DIORITE | S | [n. -S] · an igneous rock - DIORITIC [a.] |
| — | DUNNITE | S | [n. -S] · an explosive |
| — | EBONITE | S | [n. -S] · a hard rubber |
| — | EGALITE | S | [n. -S] · equality |
| — | ENSUITE | S | [n. -S] · a room adjoining another room |
| — | EREMITE | S | [n. -S] · a hermit - EREMITIC [a.] / [x] { eremite hermit § eremites hermits § eremitic eremitical hermitic } |
| — | ERUDITE | — | [a.] · scholarly |
| — | EUCRITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of meteorite - EUCRITIC [a.] |
| — | FELSITE | S | [n. -S] · an igneous rock - FELSITIC [a.] / [x] { felsite felstone § felsites felstones § felsitic } |
| — | FERRITE | S | [n. -S] · a magnetic substance - FERRITIC [a.] |
| — | GAHNITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | GOTHITE | S | [n. -S] · goethite «an ore of iron» / [x] { goethite gothite § goethites gothites } |
| — | GRANITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of rock - GRANITIC [a.] |
| — | GUMMITE | S | [n. -S] · a mixture of various minerals |
| — | HAPLITE | S | [n. -S] · aplite «a fine-grained~ rock» / [x] { aplite haplite § aplites haplites § aplitic } |
| — | HESSITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | HOPLITE | S | [n. -S] · a foot soldier of ancient Greece~ - HOPLITIC [a.] |
| — | HYALITE | S | [n. -S] · a colorless opal |
| — | ICHNITE | S | [n. -S] · a fossil footprint / [x] { ichnite ichnolite § ichnites ichnolites } |
| — | INOSITE | S | [n. -S] · inositol / [x] { inosite inositol § inosites inositols } |
| — | JADEITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - JADITIC [a.] |
| — | KAINITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral salt / [x] { kainit kainite § kainites kainits } |
| — | KERNITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | KUNZITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | KYANITE | S | [n. -S] · cyanite «a mineral» - KYANITIC [a.] / [x] { cyanite kyanite § cyanites kyanites § cyanitic kyanitic } |
| — | LEUCITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - LEUCITIC [a.] |
| — | LIGNITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of coal - LIGNITIC [a.] |
| — | LYDDITE | S | [n. -S] · an explosive |
| — | MANNITE | S | [n. -S] · mannitol - MANNITIC [a.] |
| — | MARLITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of marl - MARLITIC [a.] |
| — | MARMITE | S | [n. -S] · a large soup kettle |
| — | MISCITE | DS | [v. -CITED, -CITING, -CITES] · to misquote |
| — | MULLITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | NIOBITE | S | [n. -S] · the mineral columbite |
| — | NITRITE | S | [n. -S] · a salt of nitrous acid |
| — | PARTITE | — | [a.] · divided into parts |
| — | PENLITE | S | [n. -S] · penlight «a small flashlight» / [x] { penlight penlite § penlights penlites } |
| — | PERLITE | S | [n. -S] · a volcanic glass - PERLITIC [a.] |
| — | PICRITE | S | [n. -S] · an igneous rock - PICRITIC [a.] |
| — | REQUITE | DRS | [v. -QUITED, -QUITING, -QUITES] · to make equivalent return for |
| — | RESPITE | DS | [v. -SPITED, -SPITING, -SPITES] · to relieve temporarily |
| P | REUNITE | DRS | [v. -UNITED, -UNITING, -UNITES] · to unite again + |
| — | REWRITE | RS | [v. -WROTE, -WRITTEN, -WRITING, -WRITES] · to write again + |
| — | SIENITE | S | [n. -S] · syenite «an igneous rock» / [x] { sienite syenite § sienites syenites § syenitic } |
| — | SPILITE | S | [n. -S] · a form of basalt - SPILITIC [a.] |
| — | STYLITE | S | [n. -S] · an early Christian~ ascetic - STYLITIC [a.] |
| — | SUBSITE | S | [n. -S] · a subdivision of a site |
| — | SULFITE | S | [n. -S] · a chemical salt - SULFITIC [a.] / [x] { sulfite sulphite § sulfites sulphites § sulfitic } |
| — | SYENITE | S | [n. -S] · an igneous rock - SYENITIC [a.] / [x] { sienite syenite § sienites syenites § syenitic } |
| — | SYLVITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of potassium / [x] { sylvin sylvine sylvite § sylvines sylvins sylvites } |
| — | TAENITE | S | [n. -S] · a nickel-iron~ alloy in meteorites |
| — | TECTITE | S | [n. -S] · tektite «a glassy body believed to be of meteoritic origin» / [x] { tectite tektite § tectites tektites § tektitic } |
| — | TEKTITE | S | [n. -S] · a glassy body believed to be of meteoritic origin - TEKTITIC [a.] / [x] { tectite tektite § tectites tektites § tektitic } |
| — | TERGITE | S | [n. -S] · a tergum «a back part of a segment of an arthropod» |
| — | TERMITE | S | [n. -S] · an insect resembling an ant - TERMITIC [a.] |
| — | THORITE | S | [n. -S] · a thorium ore |
| — | TILLITE | S | [n. -S] · rock made up of consolidated clay, sand, gravel, and boulders |
| — | TURGITE | S | [n. -S] · an iron ore |
| — | ULEXITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | UNAKITE | S | [n. -S] · an igneous rock |
| — | UNWHITE | — | [a.] · not white + |
| R | URALITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - URALITIC [a.] |
| — | URANITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - URANITIC [a.] |
| — | WEBSITE | S | [n. -S] · a set of interconnected webpages maintained by an individual or an organization |
| — | YPERITE | S | [n. -S] · a poisonous gas |
| — | ZEOLITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral - ZEOLITIC [a.] |
| — | ZINCITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of zinc |
| — | ZOISITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ADAMSITE | S | [n. -S] · a lung-irritating~ gas |
| — | AEROLITE | S | [n. -S] · a meteorite containing more stone than iron / [x] { aerolite aerolith § aerolites aeroliths } |
| — | ALLANITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | AMMOLITE | S | [n. -S] · the fossilized shell of an ammonite |
| — | AMMONITE | S | [n. -S] · the coiled shell of an extinct mollusk / [x] { ammonite ammonoid § ammonites ammonoids § ammonite ammonoid } |
| — | ANALCITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral / [x] { analcime analcite § analcimes analcites } |
| — | ANDESITE | S | [n. -S] · a volcanic rock / [x] { andesite andesyte § andesites andesytes } |
| — | ANKERITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | APHANITE | S | [n. -S] · an igneous rock |
| — | APPETITE | S | [n. -S] · a desire for food or drink |
| — | APPOSITE | — | [a.] · relevant |
| — | ARSENITE | S | [n. -S] · a chemical salt |
| — | AUTUNITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | BACKBITE | RS | [v. -BIT, -BITTEN, -BITING°, -BITES] · to slander |
| — | BAKELITE | S | [n. -S] · any of various synthetic resins and plastics -- a trademark |
| — | BOBWHITE | S | [n. -S] · a game bird |
| — | BOEHMITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | BORACITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | BRAUNITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | BROOKITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | CALAMITE | S | [n. -S] · an extinct treelike plant |
| — | CAMPSITE | S | [n. -S] · an area suitable for camping |
| — | CATAMITE | S | [n. -S] · a boy used in sodomy |
| — | CENOBITE | S | [n. -S] · a member of a religious order / [x] { cenobite coenobite § cenobites coenobites } |
| — | CERUSITE | S | [n. -S] · a lead ore / [x] { cerusite cerussite § cerusites cerussites } |
| — | CHEDDITE | S | [n. -S] · chedite «an explosive» / [x] { cheddite chedite § cheddites chedites } |
| — | CHLORITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral group |
| — | CHROMITE | S | [n. -S] · a chromium ore |
| — | CLEVEITE | S | [n. -S] · a radioactive mineral |
| — | CONTRITE | — | [a.] · deeply sorry for one's sins |
| — | CROCOITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | CRYOLITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral / [x] { cryolite kryolite kryolith § cryolites kryolites kryoliths } |
| — | DEFINITE | S | [n. -S] · something that is known for certain (=definites) |
| — | DENDRITE | S | [n. -S] · a branched part of a nerve cell |
| — | DISUNITE | DRS | [v. -UNITED, -UNITING, -UNITES] · to separate |
| — | DOLERITE | S | [n. -S] · a variety of basalt |
| — | DOLOMITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | DUMPSITE | S | [n. -S] · a place for dumping rubbish |
| — | DYNAMITE | DRS | [v. -MITED, -MITING, -MITES] · to blow up with a powerful explosive |
| — | ECLOGITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of rock |
| — | EPIZOITE | S | [n. -S] · an epizoic organism |
| H | ESSONITE | S | [n. -S] · a variety of garnet / [x] { essonite hessonite § essonites hessonites } |
| — | EUXENITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | EXPEDITE | DRS | [v. -DITED, -DITING, -DITES] · to speed up the progress of |
| — | FAVORITE | S | [n. -S] · a person or thing preferred above all others / [x] { favorite favourite § favorites favourites § favorite favorites favourite favourites } |
| — | FAYALITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | FLEABITE | S | [n. -S] · the bite of a flea |
| — | FLINKITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | FLUORITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral / [x] { fluor fluorite fluorspar § fluorites fluors fluorspars § fluoric } |
| — | GALENITE | S | [n. -S] · galena / [x] { galena galenite § galenas galenites § galenic } |
| — | GIBBSITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | GNATHITE | S | [n. -S] · a jawlike appendage of an insect |
| — | GOBSHITE | S | [n. -S] · a contemptible person |
| — | GOETHITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of iron / [x] { goethite gothite § goethites gothites } |
| — | GRAPHITE | S | [n. -S] · a variety of carbon |
| — | HELLKITE | S | [n. -S] · a cruel person |
| — | HEMATITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of iron / [x] { haematite hematite § haematites hematites } |
| — | HOMESITE | S | [n. -S] · a location for a house |
| — | ILMENITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | IMPOLITE | R | [a. -TER, -TEST] · not polite (=impoliter impolitest) / [x] { impolite impoliter impolitest unpolite } |
| — | INFINITE | S | [n. -S] · something that has no limits |
| — | JAROSITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | KAMACITE | S | [n. -S] · an alloy of nickel and iron |
| — | KRYOLITE | S | [n. -S] · cryolite «a mineral» / [x] { cryolite kryolite kryolith § cryolites kryolites kryoliths } |
| — | LABORITE | S | [n. -S] · a supporter of labor interests |
| E | LATERITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of soil |
| — | LAZULITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | LAZURITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | LEWISITE | S | [n. -S] · a vesicant liquid |
| — | LIMONITE | S | [n. -S] · a major ore of iron |
| — | LOCALITE | S | [n. -S] · a resident of a locality |
| — | MASONITE | S | [n. -S] · fiberboard made from steam-exploded~ wood fiber -- a trademark |
| — | MAXIMITE | S | [n. -S] · a powerful explosive |
| — | MELANITE | S | [n. -S] · a black variety of garnet |
| — | MELILITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral group |
| — | MELINITE | S | [n. -S] · a powerful explosive |
| — | MESQUITE | S | [n. -S] · a spiny tree or shrub / [x] { mesquit mesquite mezquit mezquite muskit § mesquites mesquits mezquites mezquits muskits } |
| — | MEZQUITE | S | [n. -S] · mesquite / [x] { mesquit mesquite mezquit mezquite muskit § mesquites mesquits mezquites mezquits muskits } |
| — | MIMETITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of lead |
| — | MISWRITE | S | [v. -WROTE or -WRIT, -WRITTEN, -WRITING, -WRITES] · to write incorrectly |
| — | MONAZITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | MYLONITE | S | [n. -S] · a type of rock |
| — | NEPHRITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | NONELITE | — | [a.] · not belonging to an elite group |
| — | NONWHITE | S | [n. -S] · a person who is not of the white race |
| — | OPPOSITE | S | [n. -S] · one that is radically different from another in some related way |
| — | OUTWRITE | S | [v. -WROTE or -WRIT, -WRITTEN, -WRITING, -WRITES] · to write better than |
| — | OVERBITE | S | [n. -S] · a faulty closure of the teeth |
| — | PARAKITE | S | [n. -S] · a parachute kite for towing a person through the air by a motorboat |
| — | PARASITE | S | [n. -S] · an organism that lives and feeds on or in another organism |
| — | PEARLITE | S | [n. -S] · a cast-iron~ alloy |
| — | PHYLLITE | S | [n. -S] · a foliated rock |
| — | PISOLITE | S | [n. -S] · a limestone |
| — | PREUNITE | DS | [v. -UNITED, -UNITING, -UNITES] · to unite beforehand |
| — | PSAMMITE | S | [n. -S] · a fine-grained~ rock |
| — | PSEPHITE | S | [n. -S] · a rock composed of small pebbles |
| — | PUMICITE | S | [n. -S] · a porous volcanic rock |
| — | REIGNITE | DS | [v. -NITED, -NITING, -NITES] · to ignite again + |
| — | REINCITE | DS | [v. -CITED, -CITING, -CITES] · to incite again + |
| P | REINVITE | DS | [v. -VITED, -VITING, -VITES] · to invite again + |
| — | RETINITE | S | [n. -S] · a fossil resin |
| — | RHYOLITE | S | [n. -S] · a volcanic rock |
| — | ROLAMITE | S | [n. -S] · a nearly frictionless mechanical device |
| — | RURALITE | S | [n. -S] · a ruralist «one who lives in the country» / [x] { ruralist ruralite § ruralists ruralites } |
| — | SAPONITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral found in veins and cavities of rocks |
| — | SCLERITE | S | [n. -S] · one of the hard plates forming the outer covering of an arthropod |
| — | SELENITE | S | [n. -S] · a variety of gypsum |
| — | SIDERITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | SKYWRITE | RS | [v. -WROTE, -WRITTEN, -WRITING°, -WRITES] · to write in the sky by releasing a visible vapor from an airplane |
| — | SMALTITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral / [x] { smaltine smaltite § smaltines smaltites } |
| — | SMECTITE | S | [n. -S] · a clayey mineral |
| — | SODALITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | SODOMITE | S | [n. -S] · one who practices sodomy / [x] { sodomist sodomite § sodomists sodomites } |
| — | STANNITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of tin |
| — | STEATITE | S | [n. -S] · a variety of talc |
| — | STELLITE | S | [n. -S] · a cobalt-base~ alloy with chromium and other metals, used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wear -- a trademark |
| — | STERNITE | S | [n. -S] · a somitic sclerite |
| — | STIBNITE | S | [n. -S] · an ore of antimony |
| — | STILBITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | SULPHITE | S | [n. -S] · sulfite / [x] { sulfite sulphite § sulfites sulphites § sulfitic } |
| — | SYBARITE | S | [n. -S] · a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
| — | TACONITE | S | [n. -S] · a low-grade~ iron ore |
| — | TENORITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | TEPHRITE | S | [n. -S] · a volcanic rock |
| — | THERMITE | S | [n. -S] · a metallic mixture that produces intense heat when ignited / [x] { thermit thermite § thermites thermits } |
| — | TITANITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | TOTEMITE | S | [n. -S] · a totemist «a specialist in totemism» / [x] { totemist totemite § totemists totemites } |
| — | TOWNSITE | S | [n. -S] · the site of a town |
| — | TRICHITE | S | [n. -S] · a minute mineral body found in volcanic rocks |
| — | TRIPLITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | TROILITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | UINTAITE | S | [n. -S] · a variety of asphalt / [x] { uintahite uintaite § uintahites uintaites } |
| — | UMANGITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral consisting of copper selenide |
| — | UNPOLITE | — | [a.] · not polite + / [x] { impolite impoliter impolitest unpolite } |
| — | URBANITE | S | [n. -S] · one who lives in a city |
| — | WELLSITE | S | [n. -S] · a mineral |
| — | WORKSITE | S | [n. -S] · an area where work takes place |
| — | WURTZITE | S | [n. -S] · a light to dark brown mineral |
| — | ZARATITE | S | [n. -S] · a chemical compound |
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