Testa

Definition: Testa

Testa

Noun

1. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.

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Date "testa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

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TESTA

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Synonyms: Testa

Crosswords: Testa

Italian (head, noddle, nut, pate, skull, top), Latin (earthenware jar, earthenware pot, fragment of earthenware, object made from burnt clay, shard, vessel), Portuguese (brow, forehead, testa), Romanian (assay, attempt, bequeath, devise, leave, test, try), Sicilian (head), Spanish (head), Swedish (test, testing).

Sesso in testa (1974)

Croce... sei morto... Mi chiamano Alleluja Testa t'ammazzo (1972)

Gambe in aria Testa in giù (1972)

Giù la testa... hombre (1971)

Germania sette donne a testa (1970)

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Books

• Armando Testa (reference)

• Ferrari testa rossa V-12 (reference)

• Fulvio Testa : watercolors : June 21-July 29, 1988 (reference)

• LA Testa Perduta Di Damasceno Monteiro (reference)

• Paul Between Synagogue and State: Christians, Jews, and Civic Authorities in 1 Thessalonians, Romans, and Philippians (Coniectanea Biblica. New testa (reference)

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Small waterfalls called headcuts gouge stream channels ever deeper as they move upstream. The variety and vigor of the insects that biologist Sam Testa collects will reflect the level of environmental harshness or pollution in this stream. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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Albanian

Zhguall (mail, shell), Guaskë (cockle, mussel, seashell, shell), Cipë E Fortë. (various references)

Bulgarian 

черупка (Bushing, crust, envelope, house, husk, old tub, shell, shuck, test), �"лава (Scone). (various references)

Danish

testa, froeskal (tegument). (various references)

Dutch

zaadomhulsel, zaadbedekking. (various references)

Finnish

testa, siemenkuori (tegument). (various references)

French

testa, tégument (tegument). (various references)

Greek 

μεμβράνη σπόρου,περικάλυμμα, ίέλυφοσ (Hull, Slough), � ερίβλημα. (various references)

Hungarian

Tanú (test, witness). (various references)

Italian

tegumento (integument, tegument). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

種皮 (seed coat). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅひ (seed coat). (various references)

Pig Latin

estatay.(various references)

Portuguese

testa (brow, forehead), tegumento (integument, tegument, tunic), concha de molusco, carapaça de crustáceo. (various references)

Russian 

Панцирь (Armor), Теста. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

semenica. (various references)

Spanish

tegumento (body surface, exterior body, tegmentum, tegument, tubeshield), cabeza (bean, chapeau, chump, coryphaeus, father, head, lead, nob, noodle, pate, rocker, top). (various references)

Swedish

fröskal (seed coat). (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "testa": testabilities, testability, testable, testaceous, testacies, testacy, testae, testament, testamentary, testaments, testate, testates, testator, testators, testatrices, testatrix, testatrixes. (additional references)

Words containing "testa": attestation, attestations, contestable, contestant, contestants, contestation, contestations, detestable, detestableness, detestablenesses, detestably, detestation, detestations, incontestabilities, incontestability, incontestable, incontestably, intertestamental, intestacies, intestacy, intestate, intestates, protestant, protestants, protestation, protestations, untestable. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: state, taste, tates, teats.

-1 letter: ates, east, eats, etas, sate, seat, seta, sett, stat, stet, tate, tats, teas, teat, test, tets.

-2 letters: ate, att, eat, eta, sae, sat, sea, set, tae, tas, tat, tea, tet.

-3 letters: ae, as, at, es, et, ta.

+1 letter: aptest, astute, attest, bettas, estate, latest, lattes, mattes, stacte, stated, stater, states, statue, tamest, tasset, tasted, taster, tastes, taters, testae, tetras, thetas, treats.

+2 letters: acutest, artiest, artiste, atheist, attends, attests, attires, attunes, batiste, battens, batters, battles, battues, bistate, casette, catties, costate, daftest, estated, estates, estreat, etatism, etatist, fastest, fattens, fattest, fatties, featest, gestalt, gestate, hastate, hatters, instate, iratest, latents, latests, lattens, matters, metates, mutates, natters, neatest, notates, nutates, outeats, patents, pattens, patters, patties, peltast, ratites, rattens, ratters, rattles, restart, restate, retaste, rotates, saltest, satiate, satiety, satinet, scatted, scatter, scutate, septate, sextant, shatter, situate, slatted, smatter, spatted, spatter, stactes, staithe, stalest, starets, starlet, started, starter, startle, stately, staters, statice, stative, statued, statues, stature, statute, stealth, stomate, stretta, striate, stylate, swatted, swatter, tablets, tackets, talents, tallest, tannest, tappets, tapster, targets, tartest, tassets, tasters, tastier, tatters, tatties, tattles, tautens, tautest, taxites, teapots, tenants, testacy, testate, tetanus, tetrads, threats, toasted, toaster, tsatske, unstate, upstate, vastest, wattest, wattles, yatters.