Hess

Definition: Hess

Hess

Noun

1. English pianist (1890-1965).

2. Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973).

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).

4. United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Hess" is a common misspelling or typo for: hasp, his.

Mining

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HESS

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Hess

Crosswords: Hess

Hungarian (boh, boo).

Ganja & Hess (1972)

Myra Hess (1945)

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References

• Amerada Hess Corpn: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• The Gardens of Frau Hess (reference)

• Madame Schweizer, geb. Hess : aus dem Leben einer schèonen Zèurcher Bankiersgattin im 18. Jahrhundert (reference)

• Der verweigerte Friede : Deutschlands Parlamentär Rudolf Hess muss schweigen (reference)

• Funk-Kolleg sozialer Wandel : eine Sendereihe d. Hess. Rundfunks, d. Saarlèand. Rundfunks, d. Sèuddt. Rundfunks u. d. Sèudwestfunks (Quadriga), in Verbindung mit Radio Bremen ... [et al.] (reference)

• Vom Stab Hess zu Dr. [i.e. Doktor] Goebbels (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Ganja & Hess (reference)

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The first guyot -discovered by Harry Hess of Princeton University Flat-topped seamounts which are common in the Pacific Discovered by Hess as naval officer in WWII. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Comets as portenders of death and destruction - from a Medieval manuscript. In: Himmels- und Natureerscheinungen in Einblattdrucken des XV. bis XVIII. by Wilhelm Hess, 1911. Call Number: QB41 .H37 1911. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Profiles of submarine mountains discovered in the Gulf of Alaska by systematic Coast and Geodetic tracklines between 1925 and 1939. Pratt and Welker are the prototype "guyots" described by Harry Hess a few years later. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by H. W. Murray. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska". Published in Bulletin of the GSA, V. 52, 1941. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

[Exhibit at A.P.H.A. convention] p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Fred Hess & Son..

[Ralph Hess Kunstadter, M.D.] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Fabian Bachrach..

Hess Camp [i.e. Inn] cottages, Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Falls of Niagara--From the Canada side / painted by B. Hess ; Parsons & Atwater del. Credit: Library of Congress.

View of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. / Drawn from nature by B. Hess. Credit: Library of Congress.

Viva Chavez, viva la causa, viva la huelga / this poster was produced by ... Darien House ; painting by Paul Davis ; designed by [Richard] Hess and/or Antupit. Credit: Library of Congress.

The little duke Hess English opera. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Other scales include the Glasgow Coma Scale, the Hunt and Hess Scale, the Modified Rankin Scale, and the Barthel Index. (references)

Civil Liberties

Germany

For example, rallies and marches by neo-Nazis and rightwing radicals commemorating the death of Nazi official Rudolf Hess are banned routinely. (references)

Economic History

St. Lucia

The largest investment is in a petroleum storage and transshipment terminal built by Hess Oil. (references)

Norway

Amerada Hess corp., BP-Amoco Norway, Conoco Petroleum Norge, Esso Norge, Mobil Norge, and Phillips Petroleum Corporation Norway. (references)

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Expressions using "Hess": Dame Myra Hess ♦ Rudolf Hess ♦ Victor Franz Hess ♦ Victor Hess ♦ Walter Hess ♦ Walter Rudolf Hess ♦ Walther Richard Rudolf Hess. Additional references.

Beginning with "Hess": Hess-luttich.

Ending with "Hess": O'gara-hess.

Containing "Hess": Dag-hess-tan.

Danish

Hess'skiaskopispejl (Hess mirror). (various references)

French

miroir de Hess (Hess mirror). (various references)

German

Hess Spiegel (Hess mirror). (various references)

Greek 

καθρέπτης του Hess (Hess mirror). (various references)

Italian

specchio di HESS (Hess mirror). (various references)

Pig Latin

esshay.(various references)

Portuguese

espelho de Hess (Hess mirror). (various references)

Spanish

espejo de Hess (Hess mirror). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Hess": hessian, hessians, hessite, hessites, hessonite, hessonites. (additional references)

Words ending with "Hess": archduchess, chess, duchess. (additional references)

Words containing "Hess": archduchesses, chessboard, chessboards, chesses, chessman, chessmen, duchesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hess" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Essc, Hecq, Hese, hgss, hses, Huesos, Qes. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: shes.

-1 letter: ess, hes, she.

-2 letters: eh, es, he, sh.

+1 letter: ashes, chess, hests, hoses, sheas, sheds, shews, shies, shoes.

+2 letters: bashes, boshes, bushes, cashes, chases, chasse, chests, choses, coshes, dashes, dishes, fashes, fishes, gashes, gushes, hanses, hashes, hassel, hassle, hastes, hawses, heists, hissed, hisser, hisses, hoises, horses, hosels, houses, hushes, joshes, lashes, lushes, mashes, meshes, moshes, mushes, noshes, pashes, phases, physes, pishes, pushes, rashes, reshes, rhesus, rhuses, rushes, sadhes, sashed, sashes, selahs, shades, shakes, shales, shames, shapes, shares, shaves, sheafs, sheals, shears, sheens, sheers, sheesh, sheets, sheiks, shells, shends, sheols, sherds, shiels, shiers, shiest, shikse, shines, shires, shives, shleps, shmoes, shoers, shores, shotes, shoves, shreds, shrews, shutes, shyers, shyest, sneesh, theses, thesis, toshes, tushes, tusseh, ushers, washes, wishes.