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Showing words for TORTOISE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Tortoise

rootiest, tortoise

7 Letter Words for Tortoise

ooriest, risotto, rooties, sootier, stoiter, stooter, toories, tooters, tootsie

6 Letter Words for Tortoise

oosier, orites, otiose, otters, rottes, seroot, sitter, sooter, sorite, sortie, sotter, sottie, stoter, streit, stroot, tertio, testor, tiroes, titers, toorie, toosie, tooter, torose, tortes, tortie, tortis, toters, tretis, triose, triste, trites

5 Letter Words for Tortoise

estro, ireos, isort, iters, oorie, ortet, osier, otter, ottos, reist, resit, riots, rites, ritts, roist, roose, roost, rooti, roots, roset, rosit, rosti, rotes, rotis, rotos, rotte, serio, soote, sotie, steri, stero, stert, stire, stite, stoit, stoot, store, strit, terts, tetri, tiers, tires, titer, toise, toist, toits, toots, tores, toret, toros, torot, torse, torso, torte, torts, toter, totes, trest, tries, trios, trist, trite, trois, troot, trots

4 Letter Words for Tortoise

eris, eros, erst, ires, iter, oose, oots, oreo, ores, orts, otis, otoe, otto, reit, rest, rets, ries, riot, rise, rist, rite, rits, ritt, roes, roit, roos, root, rose, rost, rote, roti, roto, rots, seir, seit, seor, sero, sert, sett, sier, sire, site, soir, soot, sore, sori, sort, ster, stet, stie, stir, stor, stot, stre, test, tets, tier, ties, tire, tite, tits, toes, toit, toot, tore, tori, toro, tors, tort, tose, tote, toto, tots, tres, tret, trie, trio, trit, trot

3 Letter Words for Tortoise

eir, eos, ers, ert, esr, est, ios, ire, irs, ise, iso, ist, its, oer, oes, oie, ois, oor, oos, oot, ore, ors, ort, ose, osi, oto, rei, res, rie, rio, rit, roe, roi, roo, ros, rot, rte, rti, sei, ser, set, sie, sir, sit, sot, sri, str, ter, tes, tet, tie, tis, tit, toe, toi, too, tor, tos, tot, tri, trs, trt, tsi, tst

Definitions for Tortoise

[1] a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
[2] a very slow person or thing.
[3] testudo(def 1) .
[4] any herbivorous terrestrial chelonian reptile of the family Testudinidae, of most warm regions, having a heavy dome-shaped shell and clawed limbs Related adjectives: chelonian, testudinal
[5] water tortoise another name for terrapin
[6] a slow-moving person
[7] another word for testudo See also giant tortoise

Words related to Tortoise

slowpoke, chelonian, snapper, terrapin, cooter, leatherback, loggerhead, testudinal

Words nearby Tortoise

tortile, tortilla, tortilla flat, tortillon, tortious, tortoise, tortoise beetle, tortoise brooch, tortoise plant, tortoise-core, tortoiseshell

Origin of Tortoise

1350–1400; variant of earlier (15th-century) tortuse, tortose, tortuce, Middle English tortuca < Medieval Latin tortūca, for Late Latin tartarūcha (feminine adj.) of Tartarus (< Greek tartaroûcha ), the tortoise being regarded as an infernal animal; Medieval Latin form influenced by Latin tortus crooked, twisted (see tort)

Word origin for Tortoise

C15: probably from Old French tortue (influenced by Latin tortus twisted), from Medieval Latin tortūca, from Late Latin tartarūcha coming from Tartarus, from Greek tartaroukhos; referring to the belief that the tortoise originated in the underworld

Synonyms for Tortoise

chelonian, cooter, leatherback, loggerhead, slowpoke, snapper, terrapin, testudinal