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-ite
- a native, inhabitant, or citizen of: Brooklynite
- a descendant from or offspring of: Israelite
- an adherent of, believer in, or member of: laborite
- a product, esp. a commercially manufactured one: Lucite, dynamite, vulcanite
- a fossil: ammonite
- a part of a body or bodily organ: somite
- a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous: nitrite, sulfite
- a (specified) mineral or rock: anthracite, dolomite
forming adjectives, nouns, and verbs: finite
See -ite in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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