TESSERA

tessera

(noun) a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

tessera (plural tesserae)

A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.

(planetology) complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton

Anagrams

• Easters, Teressa, arsetes, earsets, erasest, erastes, reseats, saeters, searest, seaters, starees, teasers

Source: Wiktionary

Tes"se*ra, n.; pl. Tesseræ. Etym: [L., a square piece, a die. See Tessellar.]

Definition: A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes. Fairholt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition