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"TORTOISES" is a plural of: tortoise. |
Date "TORTOISES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | An order of Reptilia comprising the turtles and tortoises. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: TORTOISESSynonym: Turtles. (additional references) |
Crosswords: TORTOISES |
| English words defined with "TORTOISES": Chelonia ♦ Elodian, Emydea ♦ family Testudinidae ♦ genus Geochelone, genus Gopherus, genus Xerobates, Geochelone, giant tortoise, Gopherus ♦ Mud terrapin ♦ order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines ♦ Plastron, Potamian ♦ reptile, reptilian, River tortoise ♦ Testudinata, Testudines, Testudinidae ♦ Xerobates. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TORTOISES": REPTILE FARMER ♦ turtles. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TORTOISES": Emydea. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tortoises. Credit: Bob Savannah. |  | Sea tortoises coming ashore by night. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "TORTOISES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "TORTOISES" is used about 90 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 93.33% | 84 | 36,109 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.44% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "TORTOISES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | skildpadder (testudinata, turtles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schildpadden (testudinata, turtles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | tortues, chéloniens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schildkroeten (testudinata, turtles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | χελώνια (scrofula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | testudinati (testudinata, turtles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ortoisestay tartarugas e cágados (testudinata, turtles). (various references) jicoteas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Testudinata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TORTOISES": tortoiseshell, tortoiseshells. (additional references) | |
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"TORTOISES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: toetuses, toroses, tortise, tortoised, Tortosa, Tortossa, totorise, turtoise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TORTOISES" (pronounced tô"rtusuz) |
| 5 | -t u s u z | apparatuses, apprentices, fetuses, hostesses, injustices, justices, notices, poultices, prospectuses, treatises. |
| 4 | -u s u z | accomplices, actresses, addresses, aliases, amaryllises, biases, bonuses, businesses, buttresses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, caucuses, censuses, choruses, circuses, congresses, crevices, crocuses, embarrasses, encompasses, eyewitnesses, focuses, fortresses, furnaces, geniuses, goddesses, grimaces, harnesses, hippopotamuses, hospices, illnesses, irises, likenesses, mattresses, minuses, mistresses, necklaces, novices, offices, omnibuses, orifices, palaces, penises, porpoises, prejudices, premises, promises, purchases, purposes, refocuses, repurchases, retroviruses, seamstresses, services, sinuses, stewardesses, surfaces, surpluses, terraces, viruses, waitresses, walruses, weaknesses, witnesses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, aces, acquaintances, advances, affixes, albatrosses, allegiances, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, appearances, appendixes, appliances, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, Busses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, Casas, cases, cayuses, ceases, chances, chases, choices, circumstances, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embraces, eminences, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, forces, foxes, fragrances, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, headdresses, hindrances, hisses, hoaxes, horses, houses, hyraxes, ices, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, medusas, messes, minibuses, misses, missus, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, nieces, nixes, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, ordinances, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, paradoxes, passes, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, possesses, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, pronounces, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, senses, sentences, sequences, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surpasses, surtaxes, taxes, tolerances, tosses, townhouses, traces, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, voices, waltzes, waxes, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-o-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: risottos, rootiest, sootiest, tootsies, tortoise. | |
-2 letters: risotto, rosiest, sitters, sootier, sorites, sorties, stories, tooters, tootses, tootsie, trioses, tsooris. | |
-3 letters: osiers, otiose, otters, resist, rooses, roosts, rosets, rottes, seisor, sister, sitter, sorest, sortie, stores, testis, titers, titres, tooter, tories, torose, torses, torsos, tortes, tosser, toters, triose, triste, tsores, tsoris. | |
-4 letters: oorie, osier, otter, ottos, rests. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-o-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: sitosterol, torosities. | |
+2 letters: ecotourists, orthoepists, photoresist, sitosterols. | |
+3 letters: anorthosites, autoerotisms, forestations, ketosteroids, metrologists, optometrists, orthopedists, petrologists, photoresists, restorations, tortuosities. | |
+4 letters: coleopterists, econometrists, ecoterrorists, enterostomies, extortionists, hysterotomies, monstrosities, operationists, orthopterists, overoptimists, periodontists, postmodernist, protestations, stereopticons, stromatolites, teratologists, torticollises, tortoiseshell. | |
+5 letters: afforestations, autoeroticisms, consternations, deforestations, demonstrations, dermatologists, electrologists, ethnohistories, fortuitousness, gerontologists, herpetologists, interpositions, introspections, meteorologists, nonmonetarists, noteworthiness, orchestrations, osteoarthritis, posteriorities, postmodernists, prognosticates, projectionists, protectionisms, protectionists, protectorships, protohistories, pteridologists, reforestations, remonstrations, retrospections, revolutionists, seropositivity, spectroscopist, thermotropisms, thyrotoxicoses, tortoiseshells, tracheostomies, treponematosis, watercolorists. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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