Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) A writing; an inscription.

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Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
Biliteral :: Biliteral (a.) Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a Sanskrit verb..
Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Sea Brief :: Sea brief () Same as Sea letter.
Missive :: Missive (n.) Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive..
Lettered :: Lettered (imp. & p. p.) of Lette.
Pluriliteral :: Pluriliteral (a.) Consisting of more letters than three.
Literal :: Literal (a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase..
Unanswered :: Unanswered (a.) Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter..
Phonogram :: Phonogram (n.) A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound..
Radical :: Radical (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..
Dental :: Dental (a.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters..
Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.
H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch
Cliche :: Cliche (n.) A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief..
Continuant :: Continuant (n.) A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
Space :: Space (n.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters..
Frank :: Frank (v. t.) To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc..
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