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-ite
1- a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons associated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. ( Campbellite; Israelite; laborite ); minerals and fossils ( ammonite; anthracite ); explosives ( cordite; dynamite ); chemical compounds, especially salts of acids whose names end in -ous ( phosphite; sulfite ); pharmaceutical and commercial products ( vulcanite ); a member or component of a part of the body ( somite ).
-ite
2- a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and from some verbs:
composite; opposite; erudite; requisite.
-ite
1suffix forming nouns
- a native or inhabitant of
Israelite
- a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group
Luddite
labourite
- (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ
somite
- indicating a mineral or rock
peridotite
nephrite
- indicating a commercial product
vulcanite
-ite
2suffix forming nouns
- indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous
a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid
–ite
- A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite.
- A suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in –ous. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in –ate. For example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group NO 2 , while a nitrate contains NO 3 .
- Compare –ate
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Example Sentences
“Verification is an awful idea,” says 21-year-old student and social media-ite Emi Suzuki.
Well, ef she aint de beatenes' w'ite 'oman dis side er kingdom come, you kin des shoot me.
The Ky-ro-ite landlord perhaps thought he ought to be well compensated for keeping a hotel in such a place.
"You can't cut no pigeon wing, w'ite boy," said 'Lias, Mammy's grandson.
Here is matrix opal, and here are numbers of strange-hued, crystalline gems with names all ending in "ite."
An acid terminating in -ous forms a salt ending in -ite, and an oxyacid ending in -ic forms a salt ending in -ate.
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