muller

3 definitions found

muller - 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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  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

muller - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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