mole (redirected from Moles)

mole ¹  (ml)

n.

A small congenital growth on the human skin, usually slightly raised and dark and sometimes hairy, especially a pigmented nevus.

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[Middle English, from Old English ml.]

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mole ²  (ml)

n.

1. Any of various small insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae, usually living underground and having thickset bodies with light brown to dark gray silky fur, rudimentary eyes, tough muzzles, and strong forefeet for burrowing.

2. A machine that bores through hard surfaces, used especially for tunneling through rock.

3. A spy who operates from within an organization, especially a double agent operating against his or her own government from within its intelligence establishment.

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[Middle English molle; possibly akin to mold.]

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mole ³  (ml)

n.

1. A massive, usually stone wall constructed in the sea, used as a breakwater and built to enclose or protect an anchorage or a harbor.

2. The anchorage or harbor enclosed by a mole.

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[French môle, from Italian molo, from Late Greek mlos, from Latin mls, mass, mole.]

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mole ⁴  (ml)

n.

A fleshy abnormal mass formed in the uterus by the degeneration or abortive development of an ovum.

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[French môle, from Latin mola, millstone, mole; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

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mole ⁵  (ml)

n. Abbr. mol

1. The amount of a substance that contains as many atoms, molecules, ions, or other elementary units as the number of atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12. The number is 6.0225 × 10²³, or Avogadro's number. Also called gram molecule.

2. The mass in grams of this amount of a substance, numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance. Also called gram-molecular weight. See Table at measurement.

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[German Mol, short for Molekulargewicht, molecular weight, from molekular, molecular, from French moléculaire, from molécule, molecule; see molecule.]

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mo·le ⁶  (ml)

n.

Any of various spicy sauces of Mexican origin, usually having a base of onion, chilies, nuts or seeds, and unsweetened chocolate and served with meat or poultry.

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[American Spanish, from Nahuatl mlli.]

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mole ¹

Noun

a small dark raised spot on the skin

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mole ²

Noun

1. a small burrowing mammal with velvety dark fur and forelimbs specialized for digging

2. Informal a spy who has infiltrated an organization and become a trusted member of it [Middle Dutch mol]

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mole ³

Noun

Chem the basic SI unit of amount of substance: the amount that contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12 [German Mol, short for Molekül molecule]

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mole ⁴

Noun

1. a breakwater

2. a harbour protected by a breakwater [Latin moles mass]

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mole ¹  (ml)

A small, usually pigmented, benign growth on the skin.

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mole ²  (ml)

The amount of an element, compound, or other substance that has the same number of basic particles as 12 grams of Carbon-12. The number of particles making up a mole is Avogadro's number. For elements and compounds, the mass of one mole, in grams, is roughly equal to the atomic or molecular weight of the substance. For example, carbon dioxide, CO₂, has a molecular weight of 44; therefore, one mole of it weighs 44 grams.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mole - the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites gram molecule, mol metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
	2.	mole - a spy who works against enemy espionage counterspy spy, undercover agent - (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
	3.	mole - spicy sauce often containing chocolate sauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
	4.	mole - a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
	5.	mole - a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away breakwater, groyne, jetty, seawall, bulwark, groin barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement
	6.	mole - small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet insectivore - small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals family Talpidae, Talpidae - moles Condylura cristata, star-nosed mole, starnose mole - amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose brewer's mole, hair-tailed mole, Parascalops breweri - mole of eastern North America golden mole - mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur shrew mole - slender mole having a long snout and tail

Translations

mole [məul] n (animal) → topo;

(spot) → lunar m

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mole [məul] n (= animal, spy) → taupe f (= spot); grain m de beauté

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mole [məul] n (on skin) → Leberfleck m;

(Zool) → Maulwurf m (fig) (spy) → Spion(in) m(f)

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mole [məul] n (animal) → talpa (= spot); neo

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mole¹

n mole [məul]

a small, permanent, usually dark, spot on the skin. moesie خال، شامَه бенка mateřské znaménko skønhedsplet; modermærke das Muttermahl κρεατοελιά lunar sünnimärk خال سیاه luomi, syntymämerkki grain de beauté שׁוּמָה तिल madež, pjega anyajegy tahi lalat fæðingarblettur neo ほくろ 사마귀, 검은 점 apgamas dzimumzīme tahi lalat moedervlek føflekk pieprzyk sinal aluniţă родинка materské znamienko pega, znamenje mladež födelsemärke, hudfläck ไฝ ben 痣 родимка; бородавка مسّا یا تل nốt ruồi 痣