letter¹ /letˈər/

1. A conventional mark primarily used to express a sound of speech
2. Often loosely applied to the sound itself
3. A written or printed message signed and sent, usu by post, to an addressee
4. Literal meaning
5. Printing type
6. (in pl) learning, literary culture
7. An emblem, usu a monogram, awarded to a student for achievement in an extracurricular activity, esp in sport (US)

1. To stamp letters upon
2. To mark with a letter or letters

To earn a letter for achievement

lettˈered adjective

1. Marked with letters
2. Educated
3. Knowledgeable in literature
4. Literary

lettˈerer noun

lettˈering noun

1. The act of impressing or marking with letters
2. The letters impressed or marked
3. Their style or mode of formation

lettˈerless adjective

1. Without letters
2. Illiterate

lettˈer-board noun

A board on which material in type is placed for keeping or convenience in handling

letter bomb noun

A device inside an envelope which explodes when the envelope is opened

lettˈerbox noun

1. A box or slot for receiving mail
2. A box for posting mail

adjective (cinematography)

Of a film shown on television or video, etc, preserving the original widescreen cinematic format, not cut for a television screen

transitive verb

To format (a film) in this way

lettˈerboxed adjective

lettˈerboxing noun

lettˈer-card noun

A card folded and gummed like a letter, with a perforated margin for opening

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

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• self-like
• self-limited
• self-limiting
• self-liquidating
• self-loader
• self-loaders
• self-loading
• self-locking
• self-lost
• self-love
• self-loving
• self-luminous
• self-made
• self-management
• self-mastery
• self-mettle
• self-misused
• self-mockery
• self-motion
• self-motivated
• self-motivating
• self-motivation
• self-moving
• self-murder