Source : WordNet®
Hess
n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: {Dame Myra Hess}]
2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain
(1881-1973) [syn: {Walter Hess}, {Walter Rudolf Hess}]
3: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew to Scotland in an apparent
attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but
was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: {Rudolf Hess}, {Walther
Richard Rudolf Hess}]
4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a
discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: {Victor
Hess}, {Victor Franz Hess}]