| bedlamite | (noun) an archaic term for a lunatic | - |
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| catamite | (noun) a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man | - |
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| chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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| diatomite | (noun) a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material | Synonyms: diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr |
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| dolomite | (noun) a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate | - |
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| (noun) a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer | Synonyms: bitter spar |
| dynamite | (noun) an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp | - |
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| eremite | (noun) a Christian recluse | - |
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| fomite | (noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | Synonyms: vehicle |
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| gummite | (noun) a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende | - |
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| marmite | (noun) a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup | - |
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| (noun) soup cooked in a large pot | - |
| mite | (noun) any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods | - |
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| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
| samite | (noun) a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages | - |
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| sodomite | (noun) someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) | Synonyms: bugger, sod, sodomist |
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| somite | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: metamere |
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| stalagmite | (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave | - |
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| termite | (noun) whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | Synonyms: white ant |
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| tridymite | (noun) a mineral form of silica | - |
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| wolframite | (noun) a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks | Synonyms: iron manganese tungsten |
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