The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
lapidescence (countable and uncountable, plural lapidescences)
The state or quality of being lapidescent.
The process of hardening into a stone substance.
A stony concretion.
Source: Wiktionary
Lap`i*des"cence, n.
1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.
2. A hardening into a stone substance.
3. A stony concretion. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.