Black letter
() The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. |
Black-letter
(a.) Written or printed in black letter |
Black-letter
(a.) Given to the study of books in black letter |
Black-letter
(a.) Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky |
Char
(n.) Alt. of Charr |
Char
(n.) A car |
Char
(n.) Work done by the day |
Char
(v. t.) Alt. of Chare |
Char
(v. i.) Alt. of Chare |
Char
(n.) To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat |
Char
(n.) To burn slightly or partially |
Char-a-bancs
(n.) A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise. |
Character
(n.) A distinctive mark |
Character
(n.) Style of writing or printing |
Character
(n.) The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others |
Character
(n.) Strength of mind |
Character
(n.) Moral quality |
Character
(n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity |
Character
(n.) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing |
Character
(n.) A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. |
Character
(n.) A unique or extraordinary individuality |
Character
(n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel. |
Character
(v. t.) To engrave |
Character
(v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits |
Letter
(n.) One who lets or permits |
Letter
(n.) One who retards or hinders. |
Letter
(n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech |
Letter
(n.) A written or printed communication |
Letter
(n.) A writing |
Letter
(n.) Verbal expression |
Letter
(n.) A single type |
Letter
(n.) Learning |
Letter
(n.) A letter |
Letter
(v. t.) To impress with letters |
News-letter
(n.) A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers. |
Number
(n.) That which admits of being counted or reckoned |
Number
(n.) A collection of many individuals |
Number
(n.) A numeral |
Number
(n.) Numerousness |
Number
(n.) The state or quality of being numerable or countable. |
Number
(n.) Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things. |
Number
(n.) That which is regulated by count |
Number
(n.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word |
Number
(n.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind |
Number
(n.) To count |
Number
(n.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. |
Number
(n.) To give or apply a number or numbers to |
Number
(n.) To amount |
Red-letter
(a.) Of or pertaining to a red letter |
Sea letter
() The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war |
| number crunching | performing complex and lengthy numerical calculations |
symbolatry
symbololatry
symbol-worship | the worship of symbols |
char
charr | any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus |
Arctic char
Salvelinus alpinus | small trout of northern waters, landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
driver
number one wood | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee |
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 |
| number | an item of merchandise offered for sale, she preferred the black nylon number, this sweater is an all-wool number |
| number cruncher | a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second |
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 |
| character | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
| unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
character fiber
fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
sex characteristic
sexual characteristic
sex character | those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
primary sex characteristic
primary sexual characteristic
primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic
secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
| number | a clothing measurement, a number shoe |
number
figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals, he had a number of chores to do, the number of parameters is small, the figure was about a thousand |
counterpart
opposite number
vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another |
symbol
symbolization
symbolisation
symbolic representation | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible, the eagle is a symbol of the United States |
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 |
character role
theatrical role
part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
pagination
folio page number
paging | the system of numbering pages |
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 |
| number | the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural), in English the subject and the verb must agree in number |
| ASCII character set | (computer science) characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme, the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set |
| number identification number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification, she refused to give them her Social Security number |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
license number
registration number | the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it |
| Social Security number | the number of a particular individual's Social Security account |
phone number
telephone number
number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
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 |
| character set | an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing |
| stock symbol | the letters used to identify listed companies on the securities exchanges where they are traded |
letter of marque
letters of marque
letter of mark and reprisal | a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation |
| random number generator | a routine designed to yield a random number |
issue
number | one of a series published periodically, she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room |
| 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 |