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Definitions: -ITE |
-ITE1. A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc. 2. A suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness; graphite, from its use in writing. 3. A suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a Benthamite. |
Crosswords: -ITE |
| Etymologies containing "-ITE": Anorthosite ♦ Carbonite ♦ Protomerite. (references) |
| "-ITE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "-ITE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Words ending with "ite": Blite, Cite, Dite, Gite, mite, rite, site, Skrite, sprite, Thwite, trite, Twite, white. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tie. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-t" | |
-1 letter: et, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-t" | |
+1 letter: bite, cite, diet, dite, edit, emit, etic, etui, exit, item, kite, lite, mite, nite, rite, site, tide, tied, tier, ties, tike, tile, time, tine, tire, wite, yeti. | |
+2 letters: axite, befit, bidet, biter, bites, blite, boite, cesti, cited, citer, cites, civet, cutie, debit, deist, deity, demit, diets, dites, edict, edits, eight, elint, elite, emits, entia, ethic, etuis, evict, evite, exist, exits, feint, feist, fetid, filet, flite, heist, inept, inert, inlet, inset, inter, irate, islet, istle, items, ither, ixtle, kited, kiter, kites, kithe, legit, liter, lithe, litre, merit, metis, miter, mites, mitre, neist, niter, nites, nitre, petit, petti, pewit, pieta, piety, pipet, piste, quiet, quite, recti, refit, relit, remit, retia, retie, rites, rivet, senti, sited, sites, sixte, skite, smite, spite, stein, stied, sties, stile, stime, stipe, suite, tawie, teiid, teind, telia, telic, teloi, tempi, tenia, tepid, terai, thein, their, thief, thine, tided, tides, tiers, tiger, tikes, tilde, tiled, tiler, tiles, timed, timer, times, tinea, tined, tines, tinge, tired, tires, titer, tithe, title, titre, toile, towie, tribe, trice, tried, trier, tries, trike, trine, tripe, trite, twice, twier, twine, unite, untie, uteri, utile, vitae, white, wited, wites, withe, write, yetis, zibet. | |
+3 letters: acetic, acetin, active, ageist, aiglet, aigret, airest, airted, albeit, albite, aplite, artier, atelic, attire, augite, auntie, aviate, axites, baited, baiter, barite, bawtie, bedsit, befits, begirt, bemist, bemixt, bestir, betide, betime, betise, bidets, billet, binate, bisect, bister, bistre, biters, bitted, bitten, bitter, blites, blithe, blivet, boites, boleti, bootie, cattie, centai, cerite, cestoi, citers, cither, citied, cities, citole, civets, client, coedit, cootie, credit, cretic, cretin, curite, cuties, dative, dautie, dawtie, debits, deceit, deists, delict, delist, deltic, demits, dentil, dentin, depict, desist, detail, detain, detick, dieted, dieter, digest, dilate, dilute, dinted, dipnet, direct, direst, dither, ditzes, divert, divest, doited, dotier, driest, dunite, duties, eating, edicts, edited, editor, egoist, eighth, eights, eighty, either, elegit, elicit, elints, elites, emetic, emetin, enatic, endite, engirt, enlist, enmity, entail, entice, entire, entity, entoil, eolith, equity, erotic, esprit, estrin, etamin, ethics, ethion, ethnic, etoile, evicts, evited, evites, excite, exists, exited, exotic, feints, feists, feisty, ferity, fetial, fetich, feting, fetish, fidget, fiesta, filets, fillet, filter, finest, finite, fisted, fitted, fitter, fixate, fliest, flited, flites, foetid, fomite, footie, futile, gaiety, gaited, gaiter, gelati, gentil, gestic, gibbet, giblet, gifted, giglet, gimlet, girted, glutei, goiter, goitre, grivet, gunite, halite, hectic, height, heists, henbit, heriot, hermit, hilted, hinted, hinter, histed, hither, hitter, hogtie, iciest, ideate, idlest, ignite, illest, illite, imaret, impute, incept, incest, incite, indent, indite, inerts, infect, infest, ingate, ingest, inject, inkjet, inlets, inmate, innate, insect, insert, insets, instep, intake, intend, intent, intern, inters, intime, intine, intone, invent, invert, invest, invite, iodate, iolite, irater, islets, istles, itched, itches, itemed, iterum, itself, ixtles, jesuit, jilted, jilter, jitney, jitter, kilted, kilter, kiltie, kirtle, kismet, kiters, kithed, kithes, kitted, kittel, kitten, kittle, lectin, legist, legits, lenity, lentic, lentil, levity, lifted, lifter, ligate, likest, lilted, limpet, linnet, lintel, linter, listed, listee, listel, listen, lister, liters, lither, litres, litten, litter, little, livest, loiter, luetic, lutein, merits, metier, meting, metric, midget, millet, milted, milter, minted, minter, minuet, minute, misate, miseat, mismet, misset, misted, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, mitten, moiety, motile, motive, mutine, native, nicest, nicety, nidget, ninety, niters, nitery, nitres, noetic, norite, notice, oolite, ophite, opiate, optime, orient, otiose, outlie, outvie, pantie, pastie, patine, pattie, pectic, pectin, peewit, pelite, peptic, peptid, permit, petite, petsai, pewits, picket, pietas, piglet, pineta, pinite, pintle, piolet, pipets, piquet, pirate, pistes, pithed, pitied, pitier, pities, pitmen, pitted, plutei, podite, poetic, pointe, polite, potpie, potsie, priest, privet, protei, pterin, pyrite, quiets, quinte, ratine, ratite, rebait, recite, redipt, reedit, reemit, refits, regilt, reknit, relict, relist, remint, remits, remixt, resift, resist, resite, retail, retain, retial, retied, reties, retile, retime, retina, retine, retint, retire, retrim, riblet, rident, rifest, rifted, rillet, rioted, rioter, ripest, ritter, ritzes, rivets, rutile, saithe, saltie, samite, satire, seniti, sennit, septic, sexist, shiest, siesta, sifted, sifter, signet, silent, silted, sinter, sippet, sister, sitten, sitter, sixtes, skited, skites, sliest, smiter, smites, sobeit, softie, somite, sopite, sortie, soviet, spinet, spited, spites, sprite, steins, stelai, stelic, steric, stifle, stiles, stimes, stiped, stipel, stipes, stiver, stogie, striae, stride, strife, strike, stripe, strive, stymie, suited, suiter, suites, swithe, swivet, taenia, tailed, tailer, taille, talkie, tamein, tammie, tassie, tattie, tawpie, taxied, taxies, taxite, techie, tedium, teeing, teiids, teinds, telial, telium, tenail, teniae, tenias, tennis, tenpin, tentie, tenuis, tenuti, terais, terbia, terbic, territ, testis, tewing, theine, theins, theirs, theism, theist, thesis, thetic, thieve, thrice, thrive, tibiae, ticked, ticker, ticket, tickle, tidied, tidier, tidies, tieing, tiepin, tierce, tiered, tiffed, tigers, tildes, tilers, tilled, tiller, tilted, tilter, timber, timbre, timely, timers, tinder, tineal, tineas, tineid, tinged, tinges, tingle, tinier, tinker, tinkle, tinmen, tinned, tinner, tinsel, tinted, tinter, tipped, tipper, tippet, tipple, tiptoe, tirade, tirled, tisane, tissue, titers, titfer, tithed, tither, tithes, titled, titles, titmen, titres, titter, tittie, tittle, tmesis, tobies, todies, toeing, toiled, toiler, toiles, toilet, toited, tonier, tories, towies, townie, toxine, trepid, triage, tribes, triced, trices, triene, triens, triers, trifle, trijet, trikes, trimer, trined, trines, triode, triose, tripes, triple, triste, triter, triune, trivet, tuille, tushie, twiers, twined, twiner, twines, twinge, typier, ubiety, united, uniter, unites, untied, unties, uptime, uretic, verist, verite, verity, vilest, violet, virtue, vittae, vittle, votive, waited, waiter, weight, weskit, whited, whiten, whiter, whites, whitey, wicket, widest, widget, wiglet, willet, wilted, winter, wintle, wisent, wisest, wisted, withed, wither, withes, witney, witted, wriest, writer, writes, writhe, zeatin, zenith, zibeth, zibets, zither. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)2D 49 54 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)00101101 01001001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)- I T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)002D 0049 0054 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)15435439 |
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