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H. G. Wells

Definition: H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

Noun

1. Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Modern Usage: H. G. Wells

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That, Mr. Spade, is the stuff history is made of--real history, not that junk H. G. Wells writes about. (The Maltese Falcon; writing credit: John Huston)

Clever

The War That Will End War. (references; author: H. G. Wells)

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Commercial Usage: H. G. Wells

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Books

  • The Spinster and the Prophet: Florence Deeks, H. G. Wells, and the Mystery of the Purloined Past (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Familiar Quotations: H. G. Wells

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H. G. Wells

The War That Will End War.

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Anagrams: H. G. Wells

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ".-.-e-g-h-l-l-s-w"

-4 letters: hells, shell, swell, wells, welsh.

-5 letters: ells, gels, hell, hews, legs, sell, shew, slew, well.

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Alternative Orthography: H. G. Wells


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 2E      47 2E      57 65 6C 6C 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 00101110 00100000 01000111 00101110 00100000 01010111 01100101 01101100 01101100 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#46 &#32 &#71 &#46 &#32 &#87 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 002E      0047 002E      0057 0065 006C 006C 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42162411625771787885

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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