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-ITE

Definitions: -ITE

-ITE

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: -ITE

Etymologies containing "-ITE": AnorthositeCarboniteProtomerite. (references)

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Usage Frequency: -ITE

"-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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Rhyming with "-ITE"

Words ending with "ite": Blite, Cite, Dite, Gite, mite, rite, site, Skrite, sprite, Thwite, trite, Twite, white. (additional references)

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Anagrams: -ITE

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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.

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Alternative Orthography: -ITE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

2D 49 54 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

00101101 01001001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#45 &#73 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

002D 0049 0054 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

15435439

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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