hess

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hess - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hess
      n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: Hess, Dame Myra Hess]
      2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
         [syn: Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess]
      3: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an
         apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great
         Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: Hess,
         Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess]
      4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a
         discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess,
         Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess]