1. A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
   - muser, ponderer, ruminator 
2. 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 
3. A vessel in which wine is mulled

1. German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)
   - Johannes Peter Muller 
2. Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
   - Paul Hermann Muller 
3. Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
   - Karl Alex Muller 
4. British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
   - Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller 
5. United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)
   - Hermann Joseph Muller 
6. German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)
   - Johann Muller, Regiomontanus

Derived forms: mullers

See also: mull

Type of: anatomist, astronomer, chemist, geneticist, mathematician, nuclear physicist, philologist, philologue, physiologist, stargazer, thinker, tool, uranologist, vessel

Encyclopedia: Muller, Adam Heinrich Muller Muller, Hermann Muller, Peter Muller, Karl Muller, Johann

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