Found 2 items, similar to Muller.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Muller Muller n 1: Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965) [syn: Paul Hermann Muller] 2: Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927) [syn: Karl Alex Muller] 3: German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) [syn: Johannes Peter Muller ] 4: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn: Johann Muller , Regiomontanus] 5: British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900) [syn: Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller ] 6: United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967) [syn: Hermann Joseph Muller] 7: a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation [syn: muser, ponderer, ruminator] 8: 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 [syn: pestle, pounder] 9: a vessel in which wine is mulled
English → English (gcide) Definition: Muller Muller \Mull"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, mulls. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire. [1913 Webster] Muller \Mull"er\, n. [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf. Mull dirt.] A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material. [1913 Webster]