WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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