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letter of credit
  • n  a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit
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letter of intent
  • n  any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action
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lethargic encephalitis
  • n  an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
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lethargy
  • n  a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
  • n  weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
  • n  inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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lethe
  • n  (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive
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leto
  • n  wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
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letter
  • n  a written message addressed to a person or organization
    mailed an indignant letter to the editor
  • n  the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    his grandmother taught him his letters
  • n  owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
  • n  a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
    he followed instructions to the letter
    he obeyed the letter of the law
  • n  an award earned by participation in a school sport
    he won letters in three sports
  • v  win an athletic letter
  • v  set down or print with letters
  • v  mark letters on or mark with letters
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letter bomb
  • n  a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened
  • v  send an explosive to
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letter bond
  • n  a bond that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public
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letter box
  • n  a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
  • n  public box for deposit of mail
  • n  a private box for delivery of mail
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letter of jeremiah
  • n  an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry
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letter of mark and reprisal
  • n  a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
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