Sassi di Matera Word Search
Play a Sassi di Matera word search free online. We built the 12-word list around its architecture, its landscape, and the people who built it, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: SASSI, MATERA, BASILICATA, LUCANIANS, TROGLODYTE, BYZANTINE, BENEDICTINE, PALEOLITHIC, NEOLITHIC, TUFFA, CALCARENITE, LIMESTONE.
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Sassi di Matera word list, defined
- TROGLODYTE /trɒɡˈlɒdɪt/ · noun
- A prehistoric human who lived in caves or rock shelters. A person who is considered to be uncivilized or primitive. Related: caveman, savage, barbarian, primitive.
- BYZANTINE /ˈbɪzəntaɪn/ (US); /bɪˈzæntaɪn, ˈbɪzəntiːn/ (UK) · adjective
- Excessively complicated, intricate, and often secretive or devious in structure — typically describing systems, rules, or bureaucracies that are hard to navigate. Also relating to Byzantium (the Eastern Roman Empire) or its art and architecture. Related: convoluted, intricate, labyrinthine, complicated.
- PALEOLITHIC /ˌpeɪliəˈlɪθɪk/ · adjective
- Relating to the earliest part of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of simple stone tools. Related: prehistoric, ancient, primitive, caveman.
- NEOLITHIC /ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk/ · adjective
- Relating to the Neolithic period, a stage of human culture characterized by the use of stone tools and the beginning of settled agriculture. Related: New Stone Age, Neolithic period.
- LIMESTONE /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/ · noun
- A type of sedimentary rock that is composed mainly of calcium carbonate, often used as a building material. Related: marble, sandstone, granite, slate.
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