/ Dictionary / Index H Hess: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Hess Pronunciation: (hes), [key] — n. 1890–1965, English pianist. 1883–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1936. 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1949. born 1894, German official in the Nazi party. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: hess (Thesaurus) Hesperus Hesse Related Content Daily Word Quiz: procrastinate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language