Template

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.6/themes/vader/jquery-ui.css">
<table>
    <tr><td class='hideClass'>blah blah blah</td><td >test</td></tr>
    <tr><td>blah blah blah</td><td class='hideClass'>blah</td></tr>
    <tr><td>blah blah blah</td><td class='hideClass'>blah</td></tr>
    <tr><td>blah blah blah</td><td class='hideClass'>blah</td></tr>
    <tr><td>blah test blah</td><td class='hideClass'>blah</td></tr>
</table>

CSS

td {
    padding: 1em;
    border: 1px solid black;
}

JavaScript

$("tr td:contains('test')").each(function(){
      $(this).siblings('td.hideClass').css("visibility","hidden");
});