muller

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Muller
    n 1: Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as
         an insecticide (1899-1965) [syn: {Muller}, {Paul Hermann
         Muller}]
    2: Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
       [syn: {Muller}, {Karl Alex Muller}]
    3: German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) [syn: {Muller},
       {Johannes Peter Muller}]
    4: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn:
       {Muller}, {Johann Muller}, {Regiomontanus}]
    5: British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in
       Sanskrit (1823-1900) [syn: {Muller}, {Max Muller}, {Friedrich
       Max Muller}]
    6: United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on
       genes (1890-1967) [syn: {Muller}, {Hermann Joseph Muller}]
    7: a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
       [syn: {muser}, {muller}, {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},
       {muller}, {pounder}]
    9: a vessel in which wine is mulled

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Muller \Mull"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, mulls.
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   2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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] Mullerian