Associations to the word «Mole»

MOLE, noun. A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.

MOLE, noun. Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.

MOLE, noun. Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

MOLE, noun. (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.

MOLE, noun. A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines

MOLE, noun. A moll, a bitch, a slut.

MOLE, noun. (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

MOLE, noun. (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

MOLE, noun. (chemistry) (physics) 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

MOLE, noun. A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

MOLE, noun. One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.

MOLE, proper noun. A river in Surrey, England.

MOLE, proper noun. A river in Devon, England.

MOLÉ, noun. A Mexican sauce that usually contains unsweetened chocolate, among other things.

MOLÉ, noun. A dish featuring this sauce.

MOLE BEAN, noun. Castor bean

MOLE BEANS, noun. Plural of mole bean

MOLE CRICKET, noun. Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.

MOLE CRICKETS, noun. Plural of mole cricket

MOLE FRACTION, noun. (chemistry) the ratio of the number of moles of one component of a mixture to the total number of moles

MOLE RAT, noun. Any of several small rodents in taxonomic families Bathyergidae and Spalacidae.

MOLE RATS, noun. Plural of mole rat

MOLE RUN, noun. (roofing) a meandering ridge in a roof membrane not associated with insulation or deck joints.

MOLE RUNS, noun. Plural of mole run

MOLE SALAMANDER, noun. Any member of the salamander genus Ambystoma, including the axolotl and the tiger salamander, but especially

MOLE SALAMANDER, noun. Ambystoma talpoideum

MOLE SALAMANDERS, noun. Plural of mole salamander

MOLE SHREW, noun. Any of various shrews that resemble moles, of the genera Surdisorex and Anourosorex.

MOLE SHREW, noun. Any of the genus Blarina of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails, found in North America.

MOLE, noun. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.

MOLE, noun. A spy who works against enemy espionage.

MOLE, noun. Spicy sauce often containing chocolate.

MOLE, noun. A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.

MOLE, noun. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.

MOLE, noun. Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet.