mail-order buying
catalog buying | buying goods to be shipped through the mail |
| mail fraud | use of the mails to defraud someone |
| mail call | a call of names of those receiving mail |
evening grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertina | North American grosbeak |
chiton
coat-of-mail shell
sea cradle
polyplacophore | primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
body armor
body armour
suit of armor
suit of armour
coat of mail
cataphract | armor that protects the wearer's whole body |
chain mail
ring mail
mail
chain armor
chain armour
ring armor
ring armour | (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
dinner dress
dinner gown
formal
evening gown | a gown for evening wear |
dress shirt
evening shirt | a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo) |
| evening bag | a handbag used with evening wear |
formalwear
eveningwear
evening dress
evening clothes | attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening |
| mail | a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system |
| mailbag mail pouch | pouch used in the shipment of mail |
mailboat
mail boat
packet packet boat | a boat for carrying mail |
| mail car | a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted |
| mail slot | a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered |
| mail train | a train that carries mail |
mail
mail service
postal service
post | the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office, the mail handles billions of items every day, he works for the United States mail service, in England they call mail `the post' |
| snail mail | any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service, email is much faster than snail mail |
first class
st class
firstlass mail
stlass mail | mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection |
express
express mail | mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system |
| bulk mail | mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than stlass rates and paid for in one lot |
| direct mail | advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail |
voice mail
voicemail | a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls, telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed |
| mail | the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service |
thirdlass mail
third class | mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates |
| junk mail | thirdlass mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant' |
electronic mail
e-mail
email | (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in, you cannot send packages by electronic mail |
spam
junk e-mail | unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk) |
Evening Prayer
evensong | (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer |
| mail order | a purchase negotiated by mail |
| air mail | mail that is sent by air transport |
| surface mail | mail that is sent by land or sea |
registered mail
registered post | mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery |
dead letter
dead mail | mail that can neither be delivered nor returned |
| evening shift | workers who work during the evening (as p.m. to midnight) |
mail
post | any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered, your mail is on the table, is there any post for me?, she was opening her post |
| fan mail | mail sent to public figures from their admirers, he hired someone to answer his fan mail |
| hate mail | mail that expresses the writer's dislike or hatred (usually in offensive language) |
evening star
Hesperus
Vesper | a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky |
mailman
postman
mail carrier
letter carrier
carrier | a man who delivers the mail |
postal clerk
mail clerk | a clerk in a post office |
white campion
evening lychnis
white cockle
bladder campion Silene latifolia
Lychnis alba | bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx, sometimes placed in genus Lychnis |
Onagraceae
family Onagraceae
evening-primrose family | a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales |
| evening primrose | any of several plants of the family Onagraceae |
common evening primrose
German rampion
Oenothera biennis | a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening, naturalized in Europe |
yellow jasmine
yellow jessamine
Carolina jasmine
evening trumpet flower
Gelsemium sempervirens | poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers |
evening-snow
Linanthus dichotomus | small California annual with white flowers |
evening
eve
even
eventide | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall), he enjoyed the evening light across the lake |
| evening | the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way, an evening at the opera |