8-letter words that end in ite
- nazirite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- ninevite — the ancient capital of Assyria: its ruins are opposite Mosul, on the Tigris River, in N Iraq.
- nonelite — not elite
- nonwhite — a sociocultural classification of modern humans with darker pigmentation of the skin than is characteristic in people of European descent.
- oceanite — A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
- off-site — not on the premises
- onychite — a type of marble stone
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- otaheite — former name of Tahiti.
- outasite — amazing; excellent
- outwrite — to write more or better than.
- overbite — occlusion in which the upper incisor teeth overlap the lower ones.
- parakite — a series of linked kites used to attain higher altitudes
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- pearlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- perthite — a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- petalite — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, Li(AlSi 4 O 1 0), occurring in colorless or white foliated masses: an important source of lithium.
- phengite — a type of transparent selenite
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- picotite — a dark-brown mineral containing iron, magnesium, and chromium
- pisolite — limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- preunite — to unite in advance
- psammite — any sandstone.
- psephite — any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- qadarite — a member of the Qadariyah.
- queenite — a supporter of a queen
- rat mite — a widespread tropical mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) of the same order (Parasitiformes) as ticks: it is carried by rats and can cause skin inflammations or transmit typhus to human beings by its bite
- red kite — a large, rare, bird of prey, Milvus milvus, of parts of Europe and Africa: family Accipitridae
- reignite — to set on fire; kindle.
- reincite — to incite again
- reinvite — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- retinite — any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rib site — (networking) (By analogy with backbone site) A host with an on-demand high-speed link to a backbone site that serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in electronic mail and Usenet news. Compare leaf site.
- roburite — a flameless safety explosive used in mines
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- ruralite — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- sagenite — a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- sclerite — any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- seablite — any of several halophytic herbs of the genus Suaeda, having fleshy leaves.
- selenite — Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.