Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language..

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News-writer :: News-writer (n.) One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters..
Syncope :: Syncope (n.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every..
Rhotacism :: Rhotacism (n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were..
Quiesce :: Quiesce (a. & n.) To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound..
Print :: Print (n.) Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print..
Correspondent :: Correspondent (n.) One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.
Quiescent :: Quiescent (n.) A silent letter.
Ogee :: Ogee (n.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma..
Space :: Space (n.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters..
Alphabetics :: Alphabetics (n.) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
Circular :: Circular (a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular..
U :: U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering t
Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..
Postfix :: Postfix (v. t.) To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste..
Date :: Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Prosthesis :: Prosthesis (n.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved..
Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Cyriologic :: Cyriologic (a.) Relating to capital letters.
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