8-letter words that end in ite
- hellkite — a fiendishly cruel and wicked person.
- hematite — a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
- hepatite — a type of barite mineral with a sulphuric odour
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- highlite — Misspelling of highlight.
- hillsite — a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- ilmenite — a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- impolite — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
- infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- iodyrite — a mineral, AgI, that is a naturally occurring form of silver iodide, is yellowish or greenish in colour, is found in parts of Central and South America, and is hexagonal in shape
- islamite — a Muslim.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jaredite — (in Mormon belief) a member of a tribe of people who settled America after the dispersal at Babel.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jebusite — a member of an ancient Canaanite people that lived in Jebus.
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kamacite — a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- laterite — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- lazulite — an azure-blue mineral, hydrous magnesium iron aluminum phosphate, (FeMg)Al 2 P 2 O 8 (OH) 2 .
- lazurite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate and sulfide, Na 5 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 S 3 , occurring in deep-blue crystals, used for ornamental purposes.
- lewisite — a pale yellow, odorless compound, C 2 H 2 AsCl 3 , used as a blister gas in World War I.
- limonite — an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- localite — one who lives in a particular locality.
- lovebite — Alternative spelling of love bite.
- malecite — a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- maximite — a powerful explosive consisting primarily of picric acid.
- meionite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- melilite — a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
- melinite — a high explosive containing picric acid.
- memphite — Also, Memphitic [mem-fit-ik] /mɛmˈfɪt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- menilite — another name for liver opal, esp a brown or grey variety
- mesolite — a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- mesquite — a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas.
- mimetite — a mineral, lead chloroarsenate, Pb 5 As 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in yellow to brown prismatic crystals or globular masses: a minor ore of lead.
- minorite — Friar Minor.
- miswrite — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- monazite — a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
- nazarite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.