Mole vs. Molecule

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

Molenoun

(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.

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.

Molenoun

A moll, a bitch, a slut.

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

(historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.

Molenoun

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 (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. from 1897

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

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.

Molenoun

A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

Molenoun

A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

Molenoun

A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

Molenoun

A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

Molenoun

Any insectivore of the family Talpidæ. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

Molenoun

A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

Molenoun

A spy who lives for years an apparently normal life (to establish a cover) before beginning his spying activities.

Molenoun

A quantity of a substance equal to the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; a gram molecule; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the System International d'Unites; as, he added two moles of sodium chloride to the medium.

Moleverb

To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

Moleverb

To clear of molehills.

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

a spy who works against enemy espionage

Molenoun

spicy sauce often containing chocolate

Molenoun

a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

Molenoun

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

Molenoun

small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet

Molenoun

a small burrowing mammal with dark velvety fur, a long muzzle, and very small eyes, feeding mainly on worms, grubs, and other invertebrates.

Molenoun

a spy who gradually achieves an important position within the security defences of a country

Molenoun

someone within an organization who anonymously betrays confidential information

Molenoun

a small, often slightly raised blemish on the skin made dark by a high concentration of melanin

Molenoun

a large solid structure on a shore serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway.

Molenoun

a harbour formed or protected by a mole.

Molenoun

the SI unit of amount of substance, equal to the quantity containing as many elementary units as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12.

Molenoun

an abnormal mass of tissue in the uterus.

Molenoun

a highly spiced Mexican sauce made chiefly from chilli peppers and chocolate, served with meat.

Moleculenoun

(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

Moleculenoun

A tiny amount.

Moleculenoun

One of the very small invisible particles of which all ordinary matter is supposed to consist.

Moleculenoun

The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.

Moleculenoun

A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.

Moleculenoun

(physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

Moleculenoun

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Molecule

A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. Molecules are distinguished from ions by their lack of electrical charge.