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Noun: muller mú-lu(r)- A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
- muser, ponderer, ruminator - 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
- pestle, pounder - A vessel in which wine is mulled
Verb: muller mú-lu(r) Usage: Brit, informal
- Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- cream [informal], bat, clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], slaughter [informal], hammer [informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], beat hollow [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], wipe the floor [informal], trounce, blow away [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], paste [informal] Noun: Muller- German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)
- Johann Muller, Regiomontanus - German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)
- Johannes Peter Muller - Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
- Paul Hermann Muller - Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
- K. Alex Muller, Karl Alex Muller - United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)
- Hermann Joseph Muller - British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
- Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller
Derived forms: mullering, mullered, mullers Type of: anatomist, astronomer, beat, beat out, chemist, crush, geneticist, mathematician, nuclear physicist, philologist, philologue, physiologist, shell, stargazer, thinker, tool, trounce, uranologist, vanquish, vessel Encyclopedia: Muller, Mark |