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Muller

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



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"Muller" Quotes from Famous Books



... MELANOPTERUS, Muller and Henle.—Native name, MATCHET. "Common blue shark" of the settlers. Specimen four feet and a half long; have been seen longer. A female had four young alive when taken. Spiracles behind the eyes. Caught by ...
— Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central • Edward John Eyre
... facts, and so do their dear mothers; whence the Editor infers that they do not read his prefaces, and are not members of the Folk Lore Society, or students of Herr Kohler and M. Cosquin, and M. Henri Guidoz and Professor Child, and Mr. Max Muller. Though these explanations are not attended to by the Editor's customers, he makes them once more, for the relief of his conscience. Many tales in this book are translated, or adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses ...
— The Crimson Fairy Book • Various
... there are in abundance, and some exquisite specimens of ferns. For the benefit of those better skilled in botany than myself, I give the following list of Dr. Muller's indigenous plants of Victoria. Correaochrolenca and Phebalium Asteriscophorum, both with the medical properties of the Bucco-bush, Eurybia Rhodochaeta, E. Rugosa, E. Adenophylla, E. Asterotristia, Sambucus, Gaudichaudiana, Prostanthera Hirsuta, Pimelea ...
— A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53. • Mrs. Charles (Ellen) Clacey
... with the refuse particles of leaves that had been exhausted as manure for the fungus, and were now left, and served as food for larvae of Staphylinidae and other beetles.* (*This theory that the leaf-cutting ants feed on a fungus which they cultivate has been confirmed by Mr. Fritz Muller, who had arrived at it independently in Brazil. His observations on this and various other habits of insects are contained in a letter to Mr. Charles Darwin, published in "Nature" ...
— The Naturalist in Nicaragua • Thomas Belt
... was found which Prof. Max Muller read as the very name of ILION. Others were found which are ...
— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy


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