| RATITES | • ratites n. Plural of ratite. • RATITE n. a bird having a flat breastbone, such as ostrich, emu. |
| APATITES | • apatites n. Plural of apatite. • APATITE n. a mineral, calcium fluoride phosphate, used as a fertilizer. |
| HEMATITES | • hematites n. Plural of hematite. • HEMATITE n. an ore of iron, also HAEMATITE. |
| HEPATITES | • hepatites n. Plural of hepatite. • HEPATITE n. a variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated. |
| STEATITES | • steatites n. Plural of steatite. • STEATITE n. the massive talc that is used in paints, ceramics, and insulation. |
| ZARATITES | • zaratites n. Plural of zaratite. • ZARATITE n. a mineral, a hydrous carbonate of nickel. |
| ENSTATITES | • enstatites n. Plural of enstatite. • ENSTATITE n. a mineral of the pyroxene group, a silicate of magnesia with some iron. |
| GONIATITES | • goniatites n. Plural of goniatite. • Goniatites prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Goniatitidae – certain extinct cephalopods. • GONIATITE n. one of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. |
| HAEMATITES | • haematites n. Plural of haematite. • HAEMATITE n. an ore of iron, also HEMATITE. |
| MIGMATITES | • migmatites n. Plural of migmatite. • MIGMATITE n. a type of rock containing igneous and metamorphic elements. |
| PEGMATITES | • pegmatites n. Plural of pegmatite. • PEGMATITE n. a coarsely crystallized rock commonly occurring in igneous intrusions, esp. dykes, and consisting mainly of feldspar and quartz. |
| CARBONATITES | • carbonatites n. Plural of carbonatite. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| FLUORAPATITES | • fluorapatites n. Plural of fluorapatite. • FLUORAPATITE n. a mineral consisting of calcium phosphate fluoride, the most common form of apatite. |
| SYNTAGMATITES | • syntagmatites n. Plural of syntagmatite. • SYNTAGMATITE n. a kind of hornblende. |
| HYDROXYAPATITES | • hydroxyapatites n. Plural of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYAPATITE n. a complex phosphate of calcium that occurs as a mineral and is the chief structural element of vertebrate bone. |
| MICROPEGMATITES | • micropegmatites n. Plural of micropegmatite. • MICROPEGMATITE n. a microscopic intergrowth of quartz and feldspar. |