Hess

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]