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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Copy :: Copy (n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue..
I O U :: I O U () A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill..
Correspondence :: Correspondence (n.) The letters which pass between correspondents.
Prosthetic :: Prosthetic (a.) Of or pertaining to prosthesis; prefixed, as a letter or letters to a word..
Philomathic :: Philomathic (a.) Having love of learning or letters.
Zeta :: Zeta (n.) A Greek letter corresponding to our z.
Mytacism :: Mytacism (n.) Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound represented by it..
Congratulatory :: Congratulatory (a.) Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter..
Mouillation :: Mouillation (n.) The act of uttering the sound of a mouille letter.
Digamma :: Digamma (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse..
Apostrophize :: Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine..
Alphabet :: Alphabet (n.) The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
Dentilabial :: Dentilabial (n.) A dentilabial sound or letter.
Tau :: Tau (n.) The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/).
Narratory :: Narratory (a.) Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters..
Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..
Lingual :: Lingual (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter..
Chrysography :: Chrysography (n.) A writing executed in letters of gold.
Toot :: Toot (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound..
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