lettˈer-carrier noun

1. A postman
2. Mail-carrier

lettˈer-clip noun

A device for gripping letters or papers to keep them together

lettˈer-founder noun

Someone who casts type

lettˈerhead noun

1. A printed heading on notepaper, etc
2. A piece of notepaper with such a heading (also lettˈer-heading)

letter of comfort noun (law)

A letter sent by a person in authority to provide assurances about intended actions

letter of credit noun

A letter authorizing credit or cash to a certain sum to be given to the bearer

letter of indication noun

A banker's letter requesting foreign bankers to accept the bearer's circular notes

letter-of-marque see under marque²

letter-perˈfect adjective

(of an actor, etc) having the words of the part committed accurately to memory, word-perfect

lettˈerpress noun

1. A method of printing in which ink on raised surfaces is pressed onto paper
2. Matter printed in this way
3. Printed text as opposed to illustrations
4. A copying-press

letter quality noun

Output from a printer where the printing is acceptable for distribution outside an organization

lettˈer-quality adjective

lettˈerset noun

A method of printing in which ink is transferred from a letterpress plate to paper by means of a rubber-covered cylinder

letters of administration see under administer

letters of credence or letters credential plural noun

A diplomat's formal document accrediting him or her to a foreign government

letters patent plural noun

A document conferring a patent or privilege, so called because written on open sheets of parchment

letters requisitory or letters rogatory plural noun

A legal instrument by which a court of one country asks that of another to take a certain evidence on its behalf

lettˈer-stamp noun

1. An instrument for cancelling postage-stamps
2. A stamp for imprinting dates, etc

lettˈer-weight noun

A paperweight

lettˈer-wood noun

Leopard-wood, a S American tree of the breadnut genus, with dark-brown mottled heartwood

lettˈer-writer noun

1. Someone who writes letters, esp for payment
2. A book of forms for imitation in writing letters

the letter of the law

The literal interpretation of the law

to the letter

Exactly, in every detail