- 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).
- a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and from some verbs: composite; opposite; erudite; requisite.
- a native or inhabitant of
- a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group
- (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ
- indicating a mineral or rock
- indicating a commercial product
- indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous
