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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| morning-after pill | a large dose of estrogen taken orally within to hours after intercourse, prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive, commonly used after rape or incest |
| morning dress | a woman's informal dress for housework |
| morning dress | formal attire for men during the daytime |
| morning room | a sitting room used during the daylight hours |
swallow-tailed coat
swallowtail
morning coat | a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back |
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) |
| 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 |
good morning
morning | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell |
| dawn morning | the earliest period, the dawn of civilization, the morning of the world |
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) |
morning star
daystar
Phosphorus
Lucifer | a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky |
mailman
postman
mail carrier
letter carrier
carrier | a man who delivers the mail |
postal clerk
mail clerk | a clerk in a post office |
Convolvulaceae
family Convolvulaceae
morning-glory family | morning glory, bindweed, sweet potato, plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit |
field bindweed
wild morning-glory Convolvulus arvensis | weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers, naturalized in North America and an invasive weed |
hedge bindweed
wild morning-glory Calystegia sepium
Convolvulus sepium | common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers, sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus |
| morning glory | any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day |
| common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea | pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers |
| common morning glory Ipomoea tricolor | annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers, most commonly cultivated morning glory |
red morning-glory
star ipomoea
Ipomoea coccinea | annual herb having scarlet flowers, the eastern United States |
railroad vine
beach morning glory
Ipomoea pesaprae | a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas |