Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun muller

9 senses of muller

Sense 1
Muller, Paul Hermann Muller -- (Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965))
       INSTANCE OF=> chemist -- (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

Sense 2
Muller, Karl Alex Muller -- (Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927))
       INSTANCE OF=> nuclear physicist -- (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

Sense 3
Muller, Johannes Peter Muller -- (German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858))
       INSTANCE OF=> physiologist -- (a biologist specializing in physiology)
       INSTANCE OF=> anatomist -- (an expert in anatomy)

Sense 4
Muller, Johann Muller, Regiomontanus -- (German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476))
       INSTANCE OF=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 5
Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller -- (British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900))
       INSTANCE OF=> philologist, philologue -- (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)

Sense 6
Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller -- (United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967))
       INSTANCE OF=> geneticist -- (a biologist who specializes in genetics)

Sense 7
muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator -- (a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation)
       => thinker -- (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

Sense 8
pestle, muller, pounder -- (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)
       => tool -- (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Sense 9
muller -- (a vessel in which wine is mulled)
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))