Thorite

Definition: Thorite

Thorite

Noun

1. A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite.

Note: Thorite \Tho"rite\, noun. [So called by Berzelius from the Scandinavian god Thor. See Thor.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Thorite

English words defined with "thorite": atomic number 90 ♦ Orangite ♦ Th, thorium. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thorite": freyalite ♦ uranothorite. (references)

Etymologies containing "thorite": Thoria, thorium. (references)

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "thorite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		thorit. (various references)

Dutch		thoriet. (various references)

French		thorite. (various references)

German		Thorit. (various references)

Greek		θορίτης. (various references)

Hungarian		torit. (various references)

Italian		torite. (various references)

Manx		thoreeit. (various references)

Pig Latin		oritethay

Portuguese		torite. (various references)

Russian		торит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		torit. (various references)

Spanish		torita. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "thorite": thorites. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "thorite" (pronounced 'Tho"rite'): Abderite, Acrite, Aphrite, Artotyrite, Calaverite, Condurrite, Erythrite, hypochlorite, nephrite, Norite, ozocerite, Picrite, Pleurite, Porite, Quirite, Scaphocerite, sclerite, Urite, Vitrite, Yttro-cerite. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-i-o-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: heriot, hitter, hotter, tither, tother.
	-2 letters: ither, other, otter, rotte, their, throe, titer, tithe, titre, torte, toter, trite, troth.
	-3 letters: heir, hero, hire, hoer, riot, rite, rote, roti, teth, thio, thir, thro, tier, tire, tiro, toit, tore, tori, tort, tote, tret, trio, trot.
	-4 letters: eth, her, het, hie, hit, hoe, hot, ire, ore, ort.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-i-o-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: fortieth, hitherto, theorist, thorites, toothier.
	+2 letters: anorthite, fortieths, frothiest, heterotic, hortative, prothetic, theoretic, theorists, thereinto, thitherto, thorniest, throatier, tightrope, torchiest, worthiest.
	+3 letters: anorthites, betrothing, birthstone, drouthiest, ghostwrite, growthiest, hectoliter, hematocrit, hithermost, orthoepist, prosthetic, pyrrhotite, rheostatic, theocratic, thermistor, thorianite, threnodist, throatiest, tightropes.
	+4 letters: anorthosite, antistrophe, authorities, birthstones, botheration, droughtiest, ectothermic, ectotrophic, exhortation, exhortative, ghostwriter, ghostwrites, hectoliters, hematocrits, heteroclite, heterolytic, heterotopic, heterotypic, hortatively, intergrowth, ornithopter, orthoepists, orthopedist, overtighten, photometric, photoresist, prosthetics, prosthetist, pyrrhotites, retinopathy, ricochetted, shergottite, theocentric, theorematic, theoretical, thermistors, thermotaxis, thorianites, threnodists, throatiness, titleholder, trophozoite, unworthiest, whitethroat.
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