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Muller
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Muller has 9 senses
- muller(n = noun.person) paul hermann muller - Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965); Array is a kind of chemist
- muller(n = noun.person) karl alex muller - Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927); Array is a kind of nuclear physicist
- muller(n = noun.person) johannes peter muller - German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858); Array is a kind of anatomist, physiologist
- muller(n = noun.person) johann muller, regiomontanus - German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476); Array is a kind of astronomer, stargazer, uranologist, mathematician
- muller(n = noun.person) friedrich max muller, max muller - British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900); Array is a kind of philologist, philologue
- muller(n = noun.person) hermann joseph muller - United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967); Array is a kind of geneticist
- muller(n = noun.person) muser, ponderer, ruminator - a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation; Array is a kind of thinker
- muller(n = noun.artifact) pestle, pounder - a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone; Array is a kind of tool
- muller(n = noun.artifact) Array - a vessel in which wine is mulled; Array is a kind of vessel
Derived form verb mull1
Derived form verb mull2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Muller, n.
- One who, or that which, mulls. [1913 Webster]
- A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Muller, n. a stone or other heavy weight used for grinding material on a slab.
Etymology
ME, perh. f. AF moldre grind
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