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letters of administration
plural-nounC1/C2
/ˌletəz əv ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən/A legal document issued by a court authorizing an individual to manage the estate of someone who died without a will.
letters of credence
nounplural-nounLow
/ˈlɛtəz əv ˈkriːdəns/A formal document, often sealed, presented by a diplomat to a head of state to certify their official appointment and authorize them to represent their government.
letters patent
plural-nounC2
/ˌlet.əz ˈpeɪ.tənt/An official document issued by a sovereign or government granting a right, privilege, monopoly, title, or status to an individual or corporation, typically an open document (hence 'letters' in the sense of a written document, and 'patent' from Latin 'patere', meaning 'open').
letters testamentary
plural-nounC2 (Very Low Frequency, Technical)
/ˌletəz ˌtestəˈment(ə)ri/A formal legal document issued by a probate court that authorizes an executor named in a will to administer the deceased person's estate.
letterset
nounLow/Very Specialized
/ˈlɛtəˌsɛt/A complete, distinct, and standardized collection of letters forming an alphabet or typeface.
letterspace
verb-transitiveLow frequency, specialised term
/ˈlɛtəˌspeɪs/To adjust the space between individual letters in typesetting or word processing.
letterwood
nounC2
/ˈlɛtəwʊd/A tropical hardwood tree (Brosimum aubletii), also known as snakewood, whose heartwood has a distinctive pattern resembling letters or hieroglyphics.
lettie
nounRare
/ˈlɛti/A female given name, typically a diminutive or nickname for Letitia, Leticia, or occasionally other names beginning with 'Let-'.
lettish
adjectivenounC2
/ˈlɛtɪʃ/Of or relating to Latvia, its people, or their language.
lettre de cachet
nounRare
/ˌlɛtrə də ˈkæʃeɪ/A sealed letter issued by the king in pre-revolutionary France, often containing an arbitrary order, most notoriously for imprisonment without trial.
lettre de change
nounC2/Very Rare
/ˌletrə də ˈʃɑ̃ːʒ/A written, unconditional order by one party (the drawer) to another (the drawee) to pay a certain sum of money to a specified person (the payee) at a fixed or determinable future time. A negotiable financial instrument; essentially a draft or bill of exchange.
lettre de creance
nounRare
/ˌlɛtrə də ˈkreɪɒ̃s/A formal document from a sovereign state accrediting a diplomat to a foreign government.
lettuce
nounB1
/ˈlet.ɪs/A leafy green vegetable, typically eaten raw in salads.
letup
nounC1
/ˈlɛtʌp/A reduction in intensity, strength, or activity; a pause or slackening.
letzeburgesch
nounC2
/ˈlɛtsəbɜːɡɛʃ/The official language of Luxembourg, a West Germanic language belonging to the Moselle Franconian branch of High German.
leu
nounLow (A specialized financial term outside Romania/Moldova)
/leɪuː/ or /ljuː/The basic monetary unit of Romania, subdivided into 100 bani.
leu enkephalin
nounVery Low
/ˌluː ɛnˈkɛfəlɪn/A naturally occurring pentapeptide (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu) that functions as an endogenous opioid neurotransmitter in the brain and nervous system, acting on opioid receptors to modulate pain perception and emotional responses.
leucaena
nounVery low
/luːˈsiːnə/A genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to the Americas.
leucas
nounRare
/ˈluːkəs/A genus of flowering plants in the mint family (Lamiaceae), commonly known as whitebrush.
leucemia
nounLow
/luːˈkiː.mi.ə/A type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, characterized by the overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.

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