Noun
letter -
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
letter of the alphabet ,
alphabetic character
grapheme ,
graphic symbol ,
character (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
alphabet a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
spelling forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
ascender (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
descender (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
digram ,
digraph two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
initial the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
a the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
b the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
c the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
d the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
e the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet
f the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
g the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
h the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
i the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
j the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
k street names for ketamine
l the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
m the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
n the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet
o the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; "people with type O blood are universal donors"
p the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
q the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
r the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
s the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
t the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
u the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
v the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
double-u ,
w the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
ex ,
x the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
wye ,
y the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
ezed ,
izzard ,
zed ,
zee ,
z the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee" ; "he doesn't know A from izzard"
alpha the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
beta the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
gamma the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
delta the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
epsilon the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
zeta the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
eta the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
theta the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
iota the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
kappa the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
lambda the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull
mu the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
nu the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
xi the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
omicron the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
pi the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
rho the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
sigma the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
tau the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
upsilon the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
phi the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
khi ,
chi the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
psi the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
omega the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
aleph the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
beth the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
gimel the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
daleth the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
he the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
waw the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
zayin the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
heth the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
teth the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
yodh the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
kaph the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
lamedh the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
mem the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
nun the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
samekh the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
ayin the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
pe the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
sadhe the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
qoph the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
resh the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
sin an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
shin the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
taw a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
polyphone ,
polyphonic letter a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
block capital ,
block letter a plain hand-drawn letter
vowel a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
letter -
a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
missive
textual matter ,
text the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text" ; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech" ; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
correspondence communication by the exchange of letters
mail a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
business letter a letter dealing with business
cover letter ,
covering letter a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information
crank letter a hostile (usually anonymous) letter
encyclical ,
encyclical letter a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
fan letter a letter that is a piece of fan mail
personal letter a letter dealing with personal affairs
form letter a letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients
open letter a letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public
chain letter a letter that is sent successively to several people
pastoral a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
round robin a letter signed by a number of people
aerogram ,
aerogramme ,
air letter ,
airmail letter a letter sent by air mail
epistle a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
dead mail ,
dead letter mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
letter of intent any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action
ps ,
postscript a note appended to a letter after the signature
name and address ,
destination ,
address the ultimate goal for which something is done
line acting in conformity; "in line with" ; "he got out of line" ; "toe the line"
letter -
an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports"
varsity letter
accolade ,
laurels ,
award ,
honor ,
honour a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"
letter -
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
proprietor ,
owner (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
letter -
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter" ; "he obeyed the letter of the law"
Verb
letter -
mark letters on or mark with letters
write communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
letter -
set down or print with letters
print ,
impress put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce" ; "These news should not be printed"
letter -
win an athletic letter
earn ,
garner acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
