tessera
(noun) a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
• 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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
