document - anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

mail - the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

text, textual matter - 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"

correspondence - communication by the exchange of letters

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 letter from a pastor to the congregation

round robin - a letter signed by a number of people

aerogram, aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter - a letter sent by air mail

epistle - especially a long, formal letter

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

postscript, PS - a note appended to a letter after the signature

name and address, destination, address - written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

invitation - a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"

spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

ascender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters

descender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters

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 1st letter of the Roman alphabet

B - the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet

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 - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet

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 15th letter of the Roman alphabet

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

X - the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

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 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

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

literal interpretation - an interpretation based on the exact wording

accolade, honor, laurels, honour, award - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"

owner, proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"

garner, earn - acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

print, impress - reproduce by printing

write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"