| activation code |
a set of characters, consisting of numbers, letters, characters, or a combination of these, that is sent by a website to a user's email so that the website can verify the user's email address and comply with the user's request to begin a new service or change personal information. Once received, the user enters the code into the provided box on the website so that fulfillment of the user's request can begin. |
| airmail |
of, pertaining to, or intended for use with mail sent by air. [1/5 definitions] |
| all-points |
sent out in all directions or to all receivers wherever they happen to be. |
| ambassador |
a high-ranking official sent by one nation to another either to carry out a specific diplomatic mission or to serve in residence there. [1/3 definitions] |
| APB |
a general bulletin or alert sent to many law-enforcement agencies; all-points bulletin. |
| apostle |
(sometimes cap.) one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who were sent forth to spread his teachings. [1/3 definitions] |
| attachment |
a file sent along with an email that can be opened by the recipient. [1/6 definitions] |
| bounce |
(informal) of a check or draft, to be sent back by a bank because of insufficient funds in the account from which it was drawn. [1/10 definitions] |
| cablegram |
a telegraph message sent by underwater cable. |
| certified mail |
mail sent and recorded by this service. [1/2 definitions] |
| certiorari |
a writ sent from a higher court to a lower, requesting, for review, the transcript of a case tried in the lower court. |
| chargé d'affaires |
a low-ranking official who is sent, instead of someone of higher rank, on a diplomatic mission. [1/2 definitions] |
| day letter |
in former times, a telegram sent during the day that was cheaper but slower than a regular telegram. |
| dead-letter office |
a postal department to which undeliverable or unreturnable letters and parcels are sent to be opened, delivered if an address can be found, or destroyed. |
| destination |
the planned end of a journey, or the place to which goods or baggage are sent. [1/2 definitions] |
| dispatch |
a communication sent with haste or speed, such as a news bulletin. [1/7 definitions] |
| electronic mail |
messages typed into a computer terminal and sent via telephone cable to another terminal. |
| email |
the practice or system by which messages may be typed into one computer terminal and sent by telephone, cable, or wireless to another computer terminal; electronic mail. [2/4 definitions] |
| emissary |
an agent sent to represent, or engage in some activity such as negotiations on behalf of, another person or group, esp. a government. |
| enclosure |
something, such as money or a document, sent in an envelope along with a letter. [1/3 definitions] |
| exobiology |
the study of the effects on living creatures sent outside the earth's atmosphere. [1/2 definitions] |