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
7 March 2025
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
