the reading and writing concepts, behaviors, and dispositions that precede and develop into conventional reading and writing.

(chiefly science fiction) A conventional fictional alien from outer space in the form of a small humanoid with green skin. / (humorous) One of the supposed extraterrestrial occupants of UFOs.

(idiomatic) The best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.

Any genre of literature used as escapism

Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.

A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc.

plural of litter box

(Ireland) January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany.

Alternative form of -lite

(law) The method of strictly interpreting a statute according to the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.