| letter | (noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization | Synonyms: missive |
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| (noun) the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech | Synonyms: alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet |
| (noun) an award earned by participation in a school sport | Synonyms: varsity letter |
| (noun) a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) | - |
| (noun) owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire | - |
| (verb) mark letters on or mark with letters | - |
| (verb) set down or print with letters | - |
| (verb) win an athletic letter | - |
| lettercard | (noun) a postcard that folds so the message is inside | - |
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| lettered | (adjective) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding | Synonyms: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, well-educated, well-read |
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| letterer | (noun) a painter of letters | - |
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| letterhead | (noun) a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top | - |
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| lettering | (noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: inscription |
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| letterman | (noun) an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport | - |
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| letterpress | (noun) printing from a plate with raised characters | Synonyms: relief printing |
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| letters | (noun) the literary culture | - |
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| (noun) scholarly attainment | - |
| letting | (noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: lease, rental |
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| lettuce | (noun) leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Lactuca | - |
| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |