Definitions for thermites

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thermites ther·mite

Spelling: [thur-mahyt]

IPA: /ˈθɜr maɪt/

Thermites is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 380 anagrams from letters in thermites (eehimrstt).

Definitions for thermites

noun

1. a mixture of finely-divided metallic aluminum and ferric oxide that when ignited produces extremely high temperatures as the result of the union of the aluminum with the oxygen of the oxide: used in welding, incendiary bombs, etc.

Origin of thermites

First recorded in 1895-1900; therm- + -ite¹

Examples for thermites

But the thermite had been burning steadily, biting through the tough skin of the metal moon.

She fired a charge of thermite in my head, and it seared its way down my arm to my fingers.

It must have been a thermite bomb—nothing but thermite could be that hot.

A mixture of aluminium with various metallic oxides, ready prepared for such purposes, is sold under the name of thermite.

The thermite was piled generously in a ridge all the way around.

He leveled his pistol at the thermite ridge where it was nearest to him.

And let me tell you—you are not the only man in New York who knows the secret of thermite.

But this accursed flaming English thermite could catch you at four miles.

And a wonderful thing to see, even in those wonderful nights, is our thermite bursting over the heads of the Germans.