| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution |
letter bomb
parcel bomb
package bomb | a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened |
| letter case | case for carrying letters |
letter opener
paper knife
paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
mailbox
letter box | a private box for delivery of mail |
postbox
mailbox letter box | public box for deposit of mail |
Post-Office box
PO Box
POB
call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
| press printing press | a machine used for printing |
printer
printing machine | a machine that prints |
print shop
printing shop | a workplace where printing is done |
| quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone, the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare |
quality caliber
calibre | a degree or grade of excellence or worth, the quality of students has risen, an executive of low caliber |
superiority
high quality | the quality of being superior |
inferiority
low quality | an inferior quality |
| parental quality | a quality appropriate to a parent |
motherliness
maternalism
maternal quality
maternity | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother, the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children |
fatherliness
paternal quality | the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father, the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears |
timbre
timber
quality tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound), the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely, the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet |
quality
character
lineament | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something, each town has a quality all its own, the radical character of our demands |
stationery
letter paper | paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters, usually with matching envelopes |
| letter telegram | a cheaper form of telegram that is sent abroad for delivery the next day |
four-letter word
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word | any of several short English words (often having letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive |
| printing | text handwritten in the style of printed matter |
Letter of Jeremiah
Epistle of Jeremiah | an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry |
letter of marque
letters of marque
letter of mark and reprisal | a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation |
| impression printing | all the copies of a work printed at one time, they ran off an initial printing of copies |
| night letter | a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day |
letter
missive | a written message addressed to a person or organization, mailed an indignant letter to the editor |
| business letter | a letter dealing with business |
covering letter
cover 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 |
airmail letter
air letter
aerogram
aerogramme | a letter sent by air mail |
note short letter
line billet | a short personal letter, drop me a line when you get there |
love letter
billet doux | a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection |
dead letter
dead mail | mail that can neither be delivered nor returned |
| letter of intent | any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action |
printing
printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
relief printing
letterpress | printing from a plate with raised characters |
intaglio printing
intaglio
gravure | a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate, the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print |
| process printing | a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates |
planographic printing
planography | the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are inkeceptive (as opposed to ink repellent) |
collotype
collotype printing
photogelatin process | a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced, can be used with one or more colors |
photo-offset printing
photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |