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Definition: Mark Twain |
Mark TwainNoun1. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Mark TwainSynonyms: Clemens (n), Samuel Langhorne Clemens (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Depth | Adverb: beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears; mark twine, mark twain. |
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Crosswords: Mark Twain |
| English words defined with "Mark Twain": boring ♦ deadening, dull ♦ Hannibal, ho-hum, Huck Finn, Huckleberry Finn, huffy ♦ irksome ♦ pseudonymous ♦ scruffy, seedy, slow, sore ♦ tedious, tiresome, Tom Sawyer ♦ wearisome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Mark Twain": SAWYER ♦ TWAIN ♦ WEBSTER, WILSON. (references) |
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Screenplays | Hmm, I think Mark Twain said that, didn't he? (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan) | |
Clever | Golf is a good walk spoiled. (references; author: Mark Twain) Be good and you will be lonely. (references; author: Mark Twain) We are all alike, on the inside. (references; author: Mark Twain) Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. (references; author: Mark Twain) Sacred cows make the best hamburger. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mark Twain Tonight! (1967) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) On the Trail of Mark Twain (1999) Mark Twain and Me (1991) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Otto Alber, left, NRCS civil engineer in the Mark Twain Water Quality Project Office, watches as landowner Mark Lehenbauer prepares to sign a conservation plan for his farm.Credit: Charlie Rahm. |  | Rickey Schwieter, NRCS nutrient and pest management specialist in the Mark Twain Water Quality Project Office, estimates the yield in a cornfield.Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Underground lead mining near Viburnum, MO in the Mark Twain National Forest.Credit: jerry Sintz. |  | Above ground area of a lead mine near Viburnum, MO in the Mark Twain National Forest.Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
 | Artwork (?) at a lead mining site near Viburnum, MO in the Mark Twain National Forest.Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | Lead mining operation near Viburnum, Missouri in the Mark Twain National Forest.Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
 | Core drilling / Lead mining operation near Viburnum, Missouri in the Mark Twain National Forest.Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | Rehabilitation of mining areas / Lead mining operation near Viburnum, Missouri in the Mark Twain National Forest.Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
 | "Mark Twain," America's best humorist / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & Ottman, lith.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mark Twain house, Hartford, Conn.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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"Mark Twain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mark twian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-k-m-n-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: antiwar, martian, tamarin. | |
-3 letters: airman, amrita, antiar, atwain, kantar, mantra, marina, martin, tamari. | |
-4 letters: amain, amnia, anima, antra, atman, atria, await, inarm, karat, karma, krait, makar, manat, mania, manta, maria, matin, mikra, naira, ratan, rawin, riant, riata, takin, tanka, tiara, traik, train, trank, twain, witan. | |
-5 letters: airn, airt, akin, amia, amin, amir, anta, anti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-k-m-n-r-t-w" | |
+3 letters: watermarking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 6B 54 77 61 69 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01010100 01110111 01100001 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r k   T w a i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 006B 0054 0077 0061 0069 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767847725489677580 |
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