mole

  1. Noun.  A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
  2. Noun.  Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
  3. Noun.  Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
  4. Noun.  (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an organization to determine its secrets from within.
  5. 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.
  6. 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)..
  7. Noun.  (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with a breakwater. .
  8. 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.
  9. Noun.  A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
  10. 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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