-ite /-īt/

1. Used to form: (1) names of people, indicating their origin, place of origin, affiliations, loyalties, etc, eg Semite, Durhamite, Jacobite, Thatcherite
2. (2) names of fossil organisms, eg ammonite
3. (3) names of minerals, eg calcite
4. (4) names of salts of acids with sfx -ous, eg sulphite salt of sulphurous acid
5. (5) names of bodily parts, eg somite. The nouns may be used also as adjectives

• dregginesses
• dreggy
• dregs
• dreich
• dreicher
• dreichest
• dreidel
• dreidels
• dreikanter
• dreikanters
• drek
• drench
• drenched
• drencher
• drenchers
• drenches
• drenching
• drent
• drepanium
• drepaniums
• drere
• dreres
• drerihead
• Dresden china
• Dresden porcelain