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Logotype :: Logotype (n.) A single type, containing two or more letters; as, ae, Ae, /, /, /, etc. ; -- called also ligature..

Phonogram :: Phonogram (n.) A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound..

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.

Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..

Through :: Through (adv.) From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through..

Sea Brief :: Sea brief () Same as Sea letter.

Postmark :: Postmark (v. t.) To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel..

Alliteration :: Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -.

Writing :: Writing (n.) Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letter.

Renunciation :: Renunciation (n.) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right..

Romic :: Romic (n.) A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler..

Suffixed :: Suffix (n.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a..

A :: A () The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural

Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..

Circular :: Circular (a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W..

Paragoge :: Paragoge (n.) The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without..

Palatal :: Palatal (n.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y..

Signet :: Signet (n.) A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet..

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