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Noun: belles-lettres  bel'le-tr
  1. Creative writing valued for aesthetic content
    - belles lettres

Type of: literary composition, literary work

Encyclopedia: Belles-lettres

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belle
belle de nuit
Belle Isle cress
Belle Miriam Silverman
Belleau Wood
Bellerophon
belles-lettres
belletristic
bellflower
bellflower family
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bellicoseness
bellicosity
bellied
belligerence
belligerency