letter
Roget category 561
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#561.
Letter
noun
letter —
character —
hieroglyphic
etc.
(writing)
590 —
type
etc.
(printing)
591 —
capitals —
digraph,
trigraph —
ideogram,
ideograph —
majuscule,
minuscule —
majuscule,
minuscule —
alphabet,
ABC†,
abecedary†,
christcross-row.
consonant,
vowel —
diphthong,
triphthong [Gramm.] —
mute,
liquid,
labial,
dental,
guttural.
syllable —
monosyllable,
dissyllable†,
polysyllable —
affix,
suffix.
spelling,
orthograph† —
phonography†,
phonetic spelling —
anagrammatism†,
metagrammatism†.
cipher,
monogram,
anagram —
doubleacrostic†.
verb
spell.
adjective
literal —
alphabetical,
abecedarian —
syllabic —
majuscular†,
minuscular† —
uncial
etc.
(writing)
590.
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Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.
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