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Testaceous

Definition: Testaceous

Testaceous

Adjective

1. (biology) relating to or possessing a test or testa; "testaceous echinoderms".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "testaceous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Etymology: Testaceous \Tes*ta"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression testaceus, from testa shell. See Testa.]. (Websters 1913)



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Crosswords: Testaceous

English words defined with "testaceous": Shell meatTestaceology, Testaceous animals. (references)
Etymologies containing "testaceous": Testacea, testudo. (references)

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Expression: Testaceous

Expression using "testaceous": Testaceous animals. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: Testaceous

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

Albanian

  

bojë tulli. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قرميدي اللون, ‏صدفي (nacreous, pearly). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

с черупка, керемидено червен, като черупка, от черупка. (various references)

   

Czech

  

skořepinový. (various references)

   

French

  

testacé. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οστρακώδησ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

páncélos (Armor, armor-clad, armored, armour, armour-clad, armoured, armour-plated, hard-shell, ironclad, iron-clad, mail-clad, mailed, panzer, steel plated, steel-clad). (various references)

   

Italian

  

testaceo. (various references)

   

Manx

  

shligganagh (tortoise). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estaceoustay

   

Portuguese

  

testáceo. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ţestos (hard-shelled). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кирпичного цвета, панцирный. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ljušturni. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kiremit rengi (brick-color, brick-colored, terra cotta), kabuksu (barky), kabuklu (barky, crusted, crusty, hard-shell, husky, podded, shelled, sloughy, testacean). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Testaceous"

Words rhyming with "testaceous" (pronounced 'Tes*ta"ceous'): Acanthaceous, Acinaceous, Alliaceous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amentaceous, Ampullaceous, Amygdalaceous, Amylaceous, Anacardiaceous, Anonaceous, Apiaceous, Araceous, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Arundinaceous, Asclepiadaceous, Atramentaceous, Aurantiaceous, Avenaceous, Bignoniaceous, Boraginaceous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Bulbaceous, Butyraceous, Byssaceous, Cactaceous, Calcareo-siliceous, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Capillaceous, Caryophyllaceous, Cepaceous, Ceraceous, Cetaceous, Chartaceous, Chylaceous, Cichoraceous, Cinchonaceous, Cineraceous, Confervaceous, Convolvulaceous, Corallaceous, Coriaceous, Corollaceous, Croceous, Crustaceous, Cucurbitaceous, Cycadaceous, Cylindraceous, Cyperaceous, Drupaceous, Equisetaceous, Ericaceous, Erinaceous, Extrafoliaceous, Fabaceous, Farinaceous, Ferulaceous, Filaceous, Filoplumaceous, foliaceous, Fringillaceous, Frumentaceous, Furfuraceous, gallinaceous, Gemmaceous, Gentianaceous, Geraniaceous, Glumaceous, Graminaceous, Hederaceous, herbaceous, Hydrocarbonaceous, Interfoliaceous, Intrafoliaceous, Julaceous, Juncaceous, Lappaceous, Lardaceous, Lauraceous, liliaceous, Limaceous, lobeliaceous, Lomentaceous, Lycopodiaceous, Magnoliaceous, Malpighiaceous, Malvaceous, Marasritaceous, Marlaceous, Marmoraceous, Melastomaceous, Meliaceous, Membranaceous, Menispermaceous, Micaceous, Minaceous, Musaceous, Myrtaceous, Nucamentaceous, Ochraceous, Oleaceous, Oleraceous, Olivaceous, Orchidaceous, Ostreaceous, Ovate-cylindraceous, Paleaceous, Palmaceous, Papaveraceous, Papilionaceous, Papyraceous, Pearlaceous, Pennaceous, Perlaceous, Piperaceous, Pistillaceous, Plumulaceous, Polemoniaceous, Polygalaceous, Polygonaceous, Pomaceous, Porphyraceous, Porraceous, Portulacaceous, Predaceous, Primulaceous, Proteaceous, Pultaceous, Pulveraceous, Pyritaceous, Ramentaceous, Ranunculaceous, Resinaceous, Rhamnaceous, rosaceous, Rubiaceous, Salicaceous, Sanguinaceous, Santalaceous, Sapindaceous, saponaceous, Sapotaceous, Sarmentaceous, Saxifragaceous, Schistaceous, Schorlaceous, Scoriaceous, Scrophulariaceous, sebaceous, Sepidaceous, sericeous, Setaceous, siliceous, solanaceous, Solenaceous, Spadiceous, Spathaceous, Spinaceous, Squamaceous, Stercoraceous, Sterculiaceous, Strobilaceous, Subcrustaceous, Subglumaceous, Supercretaceous, Supracretaceous, Suprafoliaceous, Tiliaceous, Tophaceous, Truttaceous, Tufaceous, Turbinaceous, Ulmaceous, Urticaceous, Valerianaceous, Verbenaceous, Vinaceous, Violaceous, Xyridaceous, Zingiberaceous, Zinziberaceous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Testaceous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-o-s-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: outcastes, setaceous.

-2 letters: casettes, cassette, outcaste, outcasts, seascout.

-3 letters: acetose, acetous, acutest, caestus, caseose, caseous, casette, coatees, costate, coteaus, cuestas, ectases, estates, outacts, outcast, outeats, outsees, outsets, scutate, setouts, stactes, statues, suttees.

-4 letters: acutes, ascots, astute, castes, causes, ceases, cestas, cestos, cestus, coasts, coatee, cosets, cosset, costae, coteau, cottae, cottas, cuesta, custos, cutest, escots, estate, octets, outact, outate, outeat, outsat, outsee, outset, sauces, sautes, scatts, scouse, scouts, scutes, sestet, setose, setous, setout, stacte, states, statue, status, stoats, stouts, suttas, suttee, tasset, tastes, teases, testae, testes, toasts, touses, tsetse, tutees.

-5 letters: acute, ascot, ascus, asset, autos, cases, caste, casts, casus, cates, cause, cease, cesta, cetes, coast, coats, coses, coset, costa, costs, cotes, cotta, cusso, cutes, eases, easts, escot, oases, oasts, octet, ousts, sates, sauce, saute, scats, scatt, scots, scout, scuta, scute, scuts, seats, sects, setae, setts, souse, state, stats, stets, stoae, stoas, stoat, stout, suets, sutta, taces, tacet, tacos, tacts, tasse, taste, tates, tauts, tease, teats, tecta, testa, tests, toast, toeas, totes, touse, touts, tutee.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-o-s-s-t-t-u"
 

+3 letters: audiocassette, counterstates.

 

+4 letters: audiocassettes, counterstreams.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Testaceous


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

54 65 73 74 61 63 65 6F 75 73

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)

-    .    ...    -    .-    -.-.    .    ---    ..-    ...

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

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

01010100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01100011 01100101 01101111 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#99 &#101 &#111 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0073 0074 0061 0063 0065 006F 0075 0073

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

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

54718586676971818785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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