RITES

“RITES” is a valid word.

5 Scrabble points

5 Words with Friends

5 letters

Definition

RITES is a form of RITE

restsomething left after other parts have been taken away
sitethe piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
risea growth in strength or number or importance
tirehoop that covers a wheel
sirea title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
tiesneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
stira prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
ritean established ceremony prescribed by a religion
tiera relative position or degree of value in a graded group
reisany rational or irrational number
erstat a previous time
iresa strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
retsplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

sirterm of address for a man
sitbe seated
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seta group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
tieneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
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resa widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
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irea strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
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retplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

itthe branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
ishave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
era trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
rea rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
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sia tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
esa radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
tia light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite