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TESTES

Definitions: TESTES

TESTES

Noun

1. Pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

Plural

1. Of Testis

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TESTES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)



Crosswords: TESTES

English words defined with "TESTES": androgen, androgenic hormone, anorchia, anorchidism, anorchismcanalis inguinalis, castration, cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy, cryptorchisminguinal canalKlinefelter syndrome, Klinefelter's syndromeLeydig cell, Leydig's cellMithracin, mithramycin, monorchidism, monorchismorchidalgia, orchitisQuadrigeminal bodiesscrotumtesticular, testosterone, tunica albuginea testesvaricoceleXXY-syndrome. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TESTES": Chimerin 1FARMWORKER, LIVESTOCKGonadal Disorders, gonadal doseHyperandrogenismintegrated-circuit testeslaborer, livestockNeoplasms, Gonadal Tissueranch hand, livestock, Receptors, ProlactinSertoli Cells, Sex Characteristics, Sperm Transporttesticles, testicular area, Testicular Feminization. (references)
Etymologies containing "TESTES": testis. (references)
Non-English Usage: "TESTES" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (abdominous, big, bulky, burly, buxom, corpulent, dumpy, fat, full-bodied, have plenty of beef, obese), Latin (witness).

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Modern Usage: TESTES

DomainUsage

Clever

Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital this week for testes. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: TESTES

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Non-Fiction Usage: TESTES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

After vasectomy, the testes continue to make sperm. (references)

The principal androgen of the testes is testosterone. (references)

During sexual activity, sperm from the testes enters the urethra near the opening of the bladder. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: TESTES

"TESTES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TESTES" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%5545,713

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: TESTES

Expression using "TESTES": tunica albuginea testes. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TESTES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

psicológicos testes

18

psicotécnicos testes

10

de percepção testes

3

código de testes

3

de lógica testes

3

de inteligência testes

3

de história testes

2

de matemática testes

2

condução de testes

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: TESTES

Language Translations for "TESTES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

testikler (testicles, testis). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

teelballen (testicles, testis). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

integroitujen piirien kokeilulaite (i-c tester, integrated-circuit testes), IC-testeri (i-c tester, integrated-circuit testes). (various references)

   

French

  

testicule (testicle, testicles, testis), rognon blanc (testicles, testis). (various references)

   

German

  

Hoden (balls, testicle, testicles, testis). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Οι μετρήσεις έγιναν σε ομοιώματα νερού σε βάθος 1 cm και 5 cm,δηλαδή το μέσο βάθος όπου βρίσκονται οι όρχεις και οι ωοθήκες. (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries), υπερλειτουργία έσω εκκρίσεως όρχεως (hyperorchidisme, hypertrophy of the testes), ελεγκτής ολοκληρωμένου κυκλώματος (i-c tester, integrated-circuit testes). (various references)

   

Italian

  

testicoli (testicles, testis). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(testis). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estestay

   

Portuguese

  

testículos (testicles, testis). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

яичко (testicle, testis). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

testículos (testicles, testis). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

integrerad kretstestare (i-c tester, integrated-circuit testes). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

testisler, taşaklar (balls, bollocks, nuts, rocks, testicles), hayalar (balls, bollocks, nuts, testicles), erbezleri. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: TESTES

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 24, Verse 48
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintUmeiV de este martureV toutwn
Latin405VulgateVos autem estis testes horum
Old English990West SaxonSoðlice ge synt þinga gewitan
Middle English1395WyclifAnd ye ben witnessis of these thingis.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd ye are witnesses of these thinges.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd ye are witnesses of these things.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd ye are witnesses of these things.
Basic English1964OgdenYou are witnesses of these things.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: TESTES

LanguageLuke Chapter 24, Verse 48
Bulgarian'ие сте свидетели на това.
CebuanoKamo mao ang mga saksi niining mga butanga.
Chinese 們 就 是 這 些 事 的 見 證 。
CroatianVi ste tomu svjedoci.
DanishI ere Vidner om disse Ting.
DutchEn gij zijt getuigen van deze dingen.
FinnishTe olette tämän todistajat.
FrenchVous êtes témoins de ces choses.
GermanIhr aber seid des alles Zeugen.
Haitian CreoleNou temwen tout bagay sa yo.
HungarianTi vagytok pedig ezeknek bizonyságai.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalianlah saksi-saksi dari semuanya itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kamulah saksinya di dalam segala perkara itu.
ItalianDi questo voi siete testimoni.
Korean너 희 " 이 모 " 일 의 증 인 이 라 !
LatvianBet jûs esat liecinieki par ðo visu.
MaoriNa ko koutou hei kaiwhakaatu mo enei mea.
Modern GreekΣεις δε εισθε μαρτυρες τουτων.
NorwegianI er vidner om dette.
PortugueseVós sois testemunhas destas coisas.   
RumanianVoi sknteyi martori ai acestor lucruri.
RussianчЩ ЦЕ УЧЙ"ЕФЕМЙ УЕНХ.
ShuarTura wi Túrunamu neka asarum etserkatniuitrume, Tímiayi.
SpanishY vosotros sois testigos de estas cosas.
SwahiliNinyi ni mashahidi wa mambo hayo.
SwedishI kunnen vittna härom.
Thaiท่านทั้งหลายเป็นพยาน"้วยข้อความเหล่านั้น
UkrainianА ви свідки того.
UmaKoi' -mile to jadi' sabi' ngkai hawe'ea tohe'e-e lau.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: TESTES

Derivations

Words ending with "TESTES": ovotestes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "TESTES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "TESTES" (pronounced te"stē'z or te"sts)
3-t ē' zbureaucratese, machetes, manatees, striptease.
5t e" s t sattests, retests, tests.
4-e" s t sarrests, bequests, breasts, chests, crests, digests, divests, guests, infests, invests, jests, molests, nests, pests, quests, Reinvests, requests, rests, suggests, vests.
3-s t sabolitionists, abortionists, activists, adjusts, agonists, agronomists, analysts, anarchists, anesthesiologists, animists, antagonists, anthropologists, apologists, aquarists, archaeologists, archivists, armrests, arsonists, artists, assists, atheists, ballasts, balloonists, baptists, bassists, beasts, behaviorists, bicyclists, biologists, blasts, boasts, boosts, botanists, breakfasts, broadcasts, bursts, busts, capitalists, cardiologists, careerists, cartoonists, castes, casts, catalysts, centralists, centrists, chartists, chemists, chloroplasts, clarinetists, coasts, cohosts, colonialists, colonists, columnists, communists, conformists, conquests, conservationists, consists, consumerists, contests, contexts, contrasts, costs, criminologists, crusts, cultists, cyclists, cysts, dentists, dermatologists, disgusts, distrusts, druggists, dusts, ecologists, economists, editorialists, elitists, endocrinologists, enlists, enthusiasts, entomologists, environmentalists, epidemiologists, ethicists, evangelists, exhausts, exhibitionists, exists, extremists, fascists, fasts, fatalists, feasts, federalists, feminists, fetishists, finalists, firsts, fists, flavorists, florists, forecasts, forests, frosts, fundamentalists, futurists, generalists, geneticists, geologists, ghosts, guideposts, guitarists, gusts, gymnasts, gynecologists, harpists, harvests, headrests, herbalists, hobbyists, hoists, hosts, humanists, humorists, hygienists, idealists, ideologists, illusionists, imperialists, impressionists, individualists, industrialists, insists, institutionalists, instrumentalists, interests, internationalists, internists, interventionists, isolationists, joists, journalists, jurists, kremlinologists, lambastes, lampposts, lasts, leftists, linguists, lists, lobbyists, locusts, loyalists, lyricists, machinists, manifests, masts, medalists, meteorologists, militarists, mists, modernists, monarchists, monetarists, moralists, motorcyclists, motorists, nationalists, naturalists, neurologists, newscasts, nihilists, nonconformists, novelists, numismatists, nutritionists, obstructionists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, opportunists, optimists, optometrists, orthodontists, orthopedists, outbursts, outcasts, outposts, pacifists, paleontologists, panelists, pastes, pasts, pathologists, persists, pessimists, pharmacists, philanthropists, physicists, pianists, poltergeists, populists, posts, pragmatists, preexists, preservationists, priests, propagandists, protagonists, protectionists, protests, provosts, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, publicists, purists, racists, radiologists, rainforests, rapists, realists, receptionists, recidivists, reformists, reservationists, reservists, resists, revisionists, revolutionists, rightists, ripostes, roasts, rusts, satirists, schists, scientists, secessionists, secularists, segregationists, seismologists, semifinalists, separatists, signposts, socialists, sociologists, soloists, specialists, spiritualists, statists, sternposts, strategists, stylists, suffragists, supremacists, survivalists, symbolists, tastes, technologists, telecasts, televangelists, terrorists, texts, theorists, therapists, thrusts, toasts, toothpastes, tourists, toxicologists, traditionalists, trusts, twists, typists, ultranationalists, unionists, urologists, violinists, virologists, waists, wastes, wrists, yeasts.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: TESTES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sestet, tsetse.

Words within the letters "e-e-s-s-t-t"

-1 letter: setts, stets, tests.

-2 letters: eses, sees, sets, sett, stet, tees, test, tets.

-3 letters: ess, see, set, tee, tet.

-4 letters: es, et.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-s-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: detests, estates, retests, septets, sestets, settees, setters, settles, sextets, streets, suttees, tensest, tersest, testees, testers, tsetses.

 

+2 letters: casettes, cassette, esthetes, estreats, fossette, gestates, musettes, osteites, pestiest, pretests, restates, retastes, rosettes, sedatest, settlers, shtetels, steepest, sterlets, sternest, sveltest, sweetest, teleosts, tempests, tentless, testates, testiest, textless, trestles, trustees, typesets, zestiest.

 

+3 letters: aesthetes, anisettes, attesters, austerest, bassetted, besetters, bystreets, cassettes, chestiest, cutesiest, detesters, diskettes, earthsets, esthetics, estimates, estivates, existents, feistiest, fossettes, frisettes, grisettes, hesitates, honestest, insetters, intensest, interests, metestrus, modestest, noisettes, outsteers, ovotestes, pettiness, petuntses, poussette, pretastes, resetters, resettles, satieties, seatbelts, seatmates, secretest, sentients, septettes, sestertia, setenants, sextettes, silentest, sleetiest, smectites, spectates, stateless, stateside, statesmen, steadiest, steamiest, stearates, steatites, steeliest, stemmiest, sternites, stretches, sweatiest, tasteless, teamsters, teensiest, telecasts, telestics, temptress, tensities, teosintes, tesseract, tessiture, testacies, testicles, testifies, testiness, tetanises, tetanuses, treatises, tressiest, triteness, unsettles, upsetters, vegetists, vestments, yeastiest.

 

+4 letters: aesthetics, aestivates, antitheses, astuteness, austenites, beastliest, besetments, bespatters, bitterness, butterless, buttressed, buttresses, celestites, contesters, cotrustees, cotterless, defeatists, devastates, dissertate, estaminets, euthenists, exegetists, extremists, festinates, foretastes, hermetists, hesitaters, intentness, intersects, intestates, intestines, littleness, mattresses, metastases, metatheses, metathesis, metritises, mistletoes, osteitides, osteocytes, overstates, persistent, petiteness, pinsetters, poetasters, poussetted, poussettes, presentist, prettiness, protesters, reinstates, resolutest, restitches, restitutes, rottenness, saltpeters, satellites, scatterers, sentiments, serviettes, sestertium, sextuplets, sixteenths, sketchiest, smatterers, soubrettes, sputterers, stalemates, statehouse, stateliest, statements, statuesque, statuettes, stenchiest, stenotypes, stepsister, stilettoes, strategies, streakiest, streamiest, streamlets, streetcars, streetwise, stretchers, strewments, striptease, stutterers, subtleties, superettes, superstate, sweetmeats, sweltriest, synthetase, talentless, tapestries, tartnesses, tautnesses, teentsiest, tenantless, tenebrists, tessellate, tesseracts, testaceous, testaments, testifiers, testudines, tetchiness, thelitises, thermosets, ticketless, titanesses, travesties, trimesters, tutoresses, typestyles, usherettes, whetstones, zeitgeists.

 

+5 letters: aftertastes, anesthetics, anesthetist, arrestments, arteritises, atelectases, atelectasis, austerities, backstreets, battinesses, belletrists, bonesetters, brittleness, cassiterite, cattinesses, chemisettes, contextless, corselettes, cottonseeds, dentistries, discreetest, disentitles, disinterest, dissentient, dissertated, dissertates, divestments, dottinesses, easternmost, encystments, enlistments, enteritises, estheticism, extensities, fattinesses, festivities, filmsetters, geneticists, guesstimate, hartebeests, heatstrokes, hemstitches, henotheists, heterocysts, intensities, interstates, interstices, intersystem, intestacies, investments, jitteriness, letterpress, maisonettes, martensites, menstruates, metastasize, metersticks, metestruses, misestimate, nattinesses, necessitate, newsletters, nuttinesses, operettists, outwrestles, pacesetters, patternless, pentstemons, pettinesses, pettishness, pleasantest, posterities, priestliest, protectress, protosteles, reestimates, resentments, restfullest, resuscitate, retrospects, sectilities, sententious, sequestrate, sermonettes, settlements, seventieths, shutterless, shuttleless, silhouettes, skitteriest, snippetiest, somersetted, southeaster, southwester, spessartite, splutterers, stablemates, statehouses, stateliness, stealthiest, stenotherms, stenotypies, stepfathers, stepmothers, stepparents, stepsisters, stereotypes, sterilities, stethoscope, stiltedness, stitcheries, stoutnesses, strategizes, streetlamps, streetscape, strengthens, stretchiest, stripteaser, stripteases, stuntedness, superstates, sweethearts, synesthetic, synthetases, systematise, systematize, tacitnesses, tastelessly, tastemakers, tastinesses, tattinesses, telecasters, tempestuous, temptresses, tensilities, tessellated, tessellates, testatrices, testatrixes, testcrossed, testcrosses, testimonies, testinesses, tetraspores, textureless, tightnesses, traitresses, tritenesses, trusteeship, typesetters, understates, uninterests, unsteadiest, wastebasket, wastewaters, westernmost, wittinesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TESTES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 45 53 54 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000101 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#69 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0045 0053 0054 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

543953543953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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