7-letter words that end in ite
- eremite — A Christian hermit or recluse.
- erinite — (mineral) A hydrous copper arseniate of an emerald-green colour.
- erudite — Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
- eucrite — a type of stony meteorite
- fansite — a website dedicated to a particular person or subject and run by a fan or fans of the person or subject
- felsite — a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- ferrite — Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- gahnite — a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .
- granite — ice (def 4).
- guerite — a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
- gummite — a yellow to red alteration product of pitchblende and a minor ore of uranium, having a greasy luster and occurring in gumlike masses.
- hermite — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- hessite — a rare mineral, silver telluride, Ag 2 Te, found in silver ores: sometimes contains gold.
- hittite — a member of an ancient people who established a powerful empire in Asia Minor and Syria, dominant from about 1900 to 1200 b.c.
- hoplite — a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- hussite — a member of the religious reformist and nationalistic movement initiated by John Huss in Bohemia in the late 14th century.
- hyalite — a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass, and sometimes whitish and translucent.
- ichnite — a fossil footprint.
- imamite — a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- jadeite — a mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSi 2 O 6 , usually fibrous, occurring in compact masses, whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- janeite — a devotee of the works of Jane Austen
- kainite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of magnesium and potassium chloride, occurring in granular crystalline masses, a source of potassium salts.
- karaite — a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
- kassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- kernite — a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- kunzite — a transparent lilac-colored variety of spodumene, used as a gem.
- kyanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in blue or greenish bladed triclinic crystals, used as a refractory.
- leucite — a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- lignite — a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- lithite — a calcareous body present in some animal cells, esp with a sensory function
- luddite — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- lyddite — a high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid.
- mannite — mannitol.
- marlite — an indurated marl.
- marmite — a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- melkite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- mellite — a pharmaceutical containing honey.
- meroite — an inhabitant of Meroë.
- miscite — to cite incorrectly
- moabite — an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- mullite — a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 1 3 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
- murjite — a member of a sect asserting that a man cannot be judged by his present or past actions and that such judgment must be left to God.
- nacrite — a clay mineral of the kaolinite group
- neurite — any projection from the body of a nerve cell (neuron), whether an axon or a dendrite
- niobite — The mineral columbite.
- nitrite — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- offsite — Away from a main location; in a place not owned by a particular organisation.
- on-site — accomplished or located at the site of a particular activity or concern: on-site medical treatment for accident victims.
- otolite — Alternative form of otolith.
- partite — divided into parts, usually into a specified number of parts (usually used in combination): a tripartite agreement.