mole
- Noun. A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- Noun. Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
- Noun. Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
- Noun. (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an organization to determine its secrets from within.
- Noun. Bitch, spiteful female.
— Australian variant of the word "moll", altered in spelling due to contamination with the above meaning ("spy", "sneaky person"), and due to /mɒl/ and /məʊl/ merging as [moʊl] in the Australian accent. The original spelling ("moll") can also be used in this sense. - Noun. (context, nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by watermole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007)..
- Noun. (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with a breakwater. .
- Noun. (context, chemistry) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number.
- Noun. A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
- Noun. A sauce containing chocolate and used in cooking of Mexico and neighboring Central Americamole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007)..
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