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Mole

Definition: Mole

Mole

Noun

1. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the System International d'Unites.

2. A spy who works against enemy espionage.

3. (Mexican) spicy sauce often containing chocolate.

4. A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.

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

6. Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "mole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Definition: Mole

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	The amount of substance containing the same number of atoms as 12 grams of pure carbon12 (C12).The gram-mole or gram-molecule is the mass in grams numerically equal to the molecular weight.Abbreviation mol. (references)
Bible	Mole Heb. tinshameth (Lev. 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in R.V., "chameleon"). In Lev. 11:18, Deut. 14:16, it is rendered, in Authorized Version, "swan" (R.V., "horned owl"). The Heb. holed (Lev. 11:29), rendered "weasel," was probably the mole-rat. The true mole (Talpa Europoea) is not found in Palestine. The mole-rat (Spalax typhlus) "is twice the size of our mole, with no external eyes, and with only faint traces within of the rudimentary organ; no apparent ears, but, like the mole, with great internal organs of hearing; a strong, bare snout, and with large gnawing teeth; its colour a pale slate; its feet short, and provided with strong nails; its tail only rudimentary." In Isa. 2:20, this word is the rendering of two words _haphar peroth_, which are rendered by Gesenius "into the digging of rats", i.e., rats' holes. But these two Hebrew words ought probably to be combined into one (lahporperoth) and translated "to the moles", i.e., the rat-moles. This animal "lives in underground communities, making large subterranean chambers for its young and for storehouses, with many runs connected with them, and is decidedly partial to the loose debris among ruins and stone-heaps, where it can form its chambers with least trouble." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Building & Civil Engineering	A rotary tunnelling machine. Source: European Union. (references)
Chemistry	The mass of a substance of which the value in grammes is expressed by the same number as its molecular mass. Source: European Union. (references)
Meteorology & Standards	The mole is the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0, 012 kg of carbon 12. When the mole is used the elementary entities must be specified and may be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, other particles or specified groups of such particles. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A massive, solid-fill nearshore structure of earth, masonry, or large stone that may serve as either a breakwater or a pier b. An egg-shaped device pulled behind the tooth of a subsoil plow to open drainage passages. Also called mole ball c. Weight in grams of a compound in terms of its molecular weigh. (references)
Public Administration	Webster. Source: European Union. (references)
	The SI unit for amount of substance; Otherwise expressed in gram and milligram; Example, the molality of a given solute component is the amount of substance of the solute divided by mass of solvent; It is expressed as mol/kg. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Mole

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The word mole when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.

in science, particularly chemistry, the mole is the SI unit for amount of substance. See mole (unit).
in zoology, a mole is a small burrowing insectivorous mammal. There are also similar-looking but herbivorous rodents called mole rats that enjoy a similar life-style and are commonly called "moles". See mole (animal)
in cooking, mole is a Mexican sauce made from chilis mixed with spices, unsweetened chocolate, peanuts and many other ingredients. (Note that unlike the other uses on this page, this meaning is derived from the Spanish and is pronounced as two syllables.) See mole (Mexican sauce)
in medicine, a mole is a small spot of darkened pigment on the skin, which forms where there is a high concentation of melanin. See mole (skin marking)
in politics, a mole is a spy working under deep-cover, named after the burrowing animal: see Mole (espionage).
There is a reality television series named after the type of spy: see The Mole.
In architecture, a massive structure, usually of stone, used as pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water: see Mole (architecture).

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Mole (animal)

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Mole

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Insectivora

Family: Talpidae

Genera

Uropsilus
Desmana
Galemys
Talpa
Mogera
Parascaptor
Scaptochirus
Scaptonyx
Scapanulus
Urotrichus
Neurotrichus
Scalopus
Parascalops
Scapanus
Condylura
Ref: Johns Hopkins
2002-08-02
A mole is a type of insectivore that lives under ground, burrowing holes. It feeds on small invertebrate animals living under ground. There are also similar-looking but herbivorous rodents called mole rats that enjoy a similar life-style and are commonly called "moles".
Moles are particularly disliked by gardeners and grounds-keepers whose lawns they ruin.
Many types of earth- burrowing machines take their names from moles.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mole (animal)."

Mole (architecture)

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A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, as pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

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Mole (espionage)

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A mole is a spy who works for an enemy nation and works within his natural nation's government. The most famous are Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, and Philip Hansen.
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Mole (Mexican sauce)

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Mole is a sauce very popular in Mexico. It consists of all kind of chiles mixed with spices, unsweetened chocolate, peanuts and many other varied ingredients.
The most popular kinds come from the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca, and there is an annual national mole fair in the town of San Pedro Actopan in the Milpa Alta borough of Mexico's Federal District, on the southern outskirts of Mexico City.
Mole poblano, Mexico's national dish, is prepared with chili and chocolate, and was first served in a nunnery in Puebla (hence "poblano") and is poured over chicken, turkey or enchilada.
Mole is the main ingredient to prepare enchiladas in the south of the country, it is also used with chicken and rice.
One can buy mole ready made in local markets or supermarkets, it is a kind of paste that can vary in colour from deep black to green or even yellow depending on the ingredients used, in modern supermarkets it is sold as produced by food companies, it can be either canned, in glass vases or in cubes that can be dissolved in water.
The accented form molé, occasionally seen in English, is an error of hypercorrection.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mole (Mexican sauce)."

Mole (skin marking)

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A mole is a small spot of darkened pigment on the skin, which forms where there is a high concentration of melanin.
Moles are usually circular or oval and not very large. Some children are born with moles, and almost everyone has at least one or two moles on their bodies.
Sudden and unexpected changes in skin moles (eg.bleeding, irritation, darkening, sudden growth) can be a sign of skin cancer so they need to be watched carefully. If a mole appears suspicious, it will be biopsied and checked for signs of malignancy.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mole (skin marking)."

Mole (unit)

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A mole (symbol: mol) is one of the seven SI base units. It is defined as the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon-12. When the mole is used, the elementary entities must be specified. Entities may be:

atoms
molecules
ions
electrons
other particles
specified groups of such particles

See also chemistry and physics
Put more colloquially, the mole is a convenient way of counting large numbers of particles. The number defined above ("as many elementary entities . . . ") is known as Avogadro's number, and is approximately 6.02 x 10²³. If you are dealing with this many atoms or eggs or artichoke hearts, then you have a mole of atoms or eggs or artichoke hearts. If you have half this number of such entities, then you have half a mole of such entities.
A mole of atoms or molecules is also called a 'gram atom' or 'gram molecule', respectively.

Moles and calculations
Moles are very useful in chemical calculations, as they enable the calculation of yields and other values when dealing with particles of different mass. In this example, moles are used to calculate the mass of CO₂ given off when 1g of ethane is burnt. The formula involved is:
3.5O₂ + C₂H₆ → 2CO₂ + 3H₂O
Here 3.5 moles of oxygen reacts with 1 mole of ethane, to give 2 moles of CO₂ and 3 moles of H₂O. Notice that the amount of moles does not need to balance on either side of the equation. This is because a mole does not count mass or the number of atoms involved, simply the number of individual particles. In our calculation it is first necessary to work out the number of moles of ethane that has been burnt. The mass of one mole of a substance is defined as being equal to its atomic or molecular mass. The atomic mass of hydrogen is 1g, and the atomic mass of carbon is 12g, so the molecular mass of C₂H₆ is: 2×12 + 6×1 = 30g. One mole of ethane is 30g. The amount burnt was 1g, or 1/30th of a mole. The molecular mass of CO₂ (when the atomic mass of carbon is 12g, and oxygen is 16g) is: 2×16 + 12 = 44g, so one mole of carbon dioxide is 44g. From the formula we know that:

1 mole of ethane gives off 2 moles of carbon dioxide.

We also know the masses of a mole of both ethane and carbon dioxide, so:

30g of ethane gives off 2×44g carbon dioxide.

It is necessary to multiply the mass of carbon dioxide by two because two moles are produced. However, we also know that just 1/30th of a mole of ethane was burnt. Again:

1/30th of a mole of ethane gives off 2×1/30th of a mole of carbon dioxide.

So finally

30×1/30 g ethane gives off 44×2/30 g of carbon dioxide = 2.93g

From "Mol":
A measure of quantity used in chemistry (pronounced "mole"). Weight is not a very useful unit in chemistry because reactions take place between atoms (two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom makes one molecule of water) which have very different weights (one oxygen atom weighs almost 16 times as much as a hydrogen atom). The numbers of atoms in a reaction is also quite useless, because they are simply too large. Just one milliliter of water contains over 30,000,000,000,000 billion molecules.
1 Mol = 6.02214×10²³ parts. (This number is called Avogadro's number)
Example: The relative atomic mass of nitrogen is 14u. The rule is "mol times atomic mass equals grams": 1 mol times 14u equals 14 grams
The number of parts in a mol was originally chosen so that 14 grams of nitrogen make up one mol; however, the definition of the mol and the atomic mass unit are currently set such that one mol of carbon, which has a relative atomic mass of 12u, is exactly 12 grams. (This does lead to a small difference, because of Strong interaction)

See also: Mole Day
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Mole

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MOLE	English	Miniature Optical Lair Explorer	Geography
mol	English	Mole	Telecom
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Mole

Synonyms: breakwater (n), bulwark (n), counterspy (n), gram molecule (n), groin (n), groyne (n), jetty (n), mol (n), seawall (n). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: Mole

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Blemish	Freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip, blubber lip; blain, maculation; scar, wem; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple; (protuberance).
Convexity	Hill; (height); cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze, ness.
Defense	Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos.
Height	Mount, mountain; hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights; (summit); knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height.
Refuge	Roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay.
Warning	Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Mole

English words defined with "mole": American shrew mole, Annicut, Asiatic shrew mole, Avogadro number, Avogadro's number ♦ Bathyergidae, Bathyergus, Blind rat, brewer's mole ♦ Chrysochlore, Churrworm, Condylura cristata ♦ Damaraland mole rat ♦ False conception, family Bathyergidae, family Spalacidae, fan cricket, Fen cricket ♦ gas constant, genus Bathyergus, genus Notoryctus, golden mole ♦ hair-tailed mole, heat of formation, heat of solution ♦ Jutty ♦ marsupial mole, molal, molar, mole cricket, mole rat, Molecast, Moled, Mole-eyed, Moling, Mouldwarp, Mullingong ♦ naked mole rat, Neurotrichus gibbsii, Notoryctus, Notoryctus typhlops ♦ Paddle staff, Parascalops breweri, pouched mole, Prairie mole ♦ queen ♦ R, Rat mole ♦ sand rat, Sea bank, shrew mole, Slepez, Spalacidae, Starnose, starnose mole, star-nosed mole ♦ Talpa, Tambreet ♦ universal gas constant, Uropsilus soricipes ♦ Water mole ♦ Zandmole, Zemni, Zokor. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mole": Avogadro number, Avogadro constant ♦ Choriocarcinoma, compound nevus ♦ Erythrocruorins ♦ Fine-ear ♦ gram-molecule ♦ heat of combustion ♦ International System of Units ♦ junctional nevus ♦ Little Gentleman in Velvet, Loschmidt number ♦ millimole, mM, mmole, mole drainer, mole draining plough, mole plough, mole plow, Moles ♦ pH value, Phosphatidic Acids, Phosphatidylcholines, Phosphatidylethanolamines, Phosphatidylglycerols, Phosphatidylinositols, Phosphatidylserines, Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases ♦ realism ♦ shave biopsy, subsoil plow with mole drain. (references)

Etymologies containing "mole": Zandmole. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Mole" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (jetty), German (jetty, mole, pier), Italian (dimension, mass, size), Latin (bulk, danger, difficulty, grind, mass, massive structure, monster, trouble), Portuguese (boneless, flabby, flaccid, floppy, limp, loppy, mole, molluscous, mushy, mycogone, pappy, pithless, pulpy, sleepy, sluggish, soapy, soft, spineless, spiritless, squashy, supine, tender, weak, wet bubble), Spanish (hulk, mass, pile).

Modern Usage: Mole

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	We're looking for a man with a mole on his nose (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) I'd help you pull the trigger, Mole! (Desperate Living; writing credit: John Waters) She has a mole on her left thigh (Thunderball; writing credit: Kevin McClory; Jack Whittingham) Agamemnon Busmalis, aka The Mole. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) Mr. Anderson! Don't think that I don't know that this assignment scares the hell out of you! You mole! (Dead Poets Society; writing credit: Tom Schulman)
Lyrics	We worship the flaw, the belly, the belly, the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore (Babelogue; performing artist: Patti Smith) A mole, living in a hole (Elevation; performing artist: U2) Been living like a mole (Elevation; performing artist: U2)
Movie/TV Titles	Vai Que É Mole (1960) A Day in the Night of Jonathan Mole (1959) The Mole People (1956) Superman and the Mole Men (1951) The Little Mole (1941)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Mole

Domain	Title
Books	The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City (reference) The Mole Sisters and the Busy Bees (Mole Sisters) (reference) The Bottleneck and the Mole Hole (Fun Guys) (reference) Data Sets for Moore/Bps & Gree: Mole, Matter, Change 3e(tb, (reference) The Adrian Mole Diaries : The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 : The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Superman and the Mole Men (reference) The Mole People (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Immortal Miff Mole (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Mole

Photo Album: Mole

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Seen is a normal mole with no asymmetry. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		The central portion of this mole is a complex papule. The periphery of the lesion is macular, irregular, indistinct and slightly pink. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	The delicate, hazy, tan macular rim of this lesion, although not clinically dramatic, represents persistent melanocytic proliferation beyond the lateral limits of the common mole at its center. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		A mole / O. Herford. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pogo]. You're just in time, Mole .. Credit: Library of Congress.		Pogo]. Is that your friend, the Mole, Deacon. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pogo]. Mole, stop sprinklin' feathers onto me .. Credit: Library of Congress.		8th Army in Tripoli. Warehouse on the Spanish Mole, on Tripoli's harbor, managed by U.S. Army 9th Air Force bombers during the attack on Tripoli. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Gran mole de calaveras. Aquí está el sabroso mole, el mole más bien guisado; métanle recio toditos que sólo vale un centavo. Credit: Library of Congress.		Attention! : change in size or color of a wart or mole. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Digital Photo Gallery: Mole

"02-mole antonelliana" by Glòria Garcia Falcó
Commentary: "Mole antonelliana."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Familiar Quotations: Mole

Author	Quotation
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton	The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Historic Usage: Mole

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The term "harbours, shall include the north-east mole, the west wall, the outer and inner breakwaters, and reclaimed land within them, and all naval and military works, fortifications, and buildings, constructed or under construction, between lines connecting the following positions taken from the British Admiralty chart No.126 of April 19, 1918: (a) lat. 54° 10' 49" N.; long. 7° 53' 39" E.; (b) 54° 10' 35" N.; 7° 54' 18" E.; (c) 54° 10' 14" N.; 7° 54' 00" E.; (d) 54° 10' 17" N.; 7° 53' 37" E.; (e) 54° 10' 44" N.; 7° 53' 26" E. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Use in Literature: Mole

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Groping and restless flight, threading the mazes of the mole whose windings are unknown
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Mole

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The familial atypical mole and melanoma syndrome (FAM-M) is clinically recognizable. (references)
		Some families are affected with an inherited familial atypical mole and melanoma (FAM-M) syndrome. (references)
		Traits associated with an increased risk of developing melanoma include multiple typical moles, atypical moles, freckling, history of severe sunburn, ease of burning, inability to tan, and light hair/blue eyes. Other factors include the presence of familial atypical mole and melanoma syndrome, disorders of DNA repair, and excessive sun exposure. (references)
Civil Liberties	Central African Republic	In November the UNHCR completed the separation of former combatants from the civilian refugee population in the DRC. For their protection, the civilian refugees from Zongo were scheduled to begin moving in January 2002 to a camp near Mole, DRC, approximately 22 miles from the border. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Mole

"Mole" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.23% of the time. "Mole" is used about 529 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.23%	509	11,896
Noun (proper)	3.77%	20	78,262
Total	100.00%	529	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Name Usage Frequency: Mole

The following table summarizes the usage of "mole" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mole	Last name	1,000	18,557
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions: Mole

Expressions using "mole": american shrew mole ♦ as blind as a mole ♦ asiatic shrew mole ♦ brewer's mole ♦ Damaraland mole rat ♦ Duck mole ♦ golden mole ♦ hydatid mole ♦ Hydatidiform Mole ♦ marsupial mole ♦ mole 2.nevus ♦ mole ball ♦ mole cricket ♦ mole drainer ♦ mole draining plough ♦ mole drains ♦ mole miner ♦ mole plant ♦ mole plough ♦ mole plow ♦ mole rat ♦ Mole Rats ♦ mole salamander ♦ mole shrew ♦ naked mole rat ♦ pouched mole ♦ prairie mole ♦ rat mole ♦ sand mole ♦ shrew mole ♦ starnose mole ♦ subsoil plow with mole drain ♦ water mole. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mole": mole-brown, mole-catcher, mole-catchers, mole-coloured, mole-cricket, mole-dark, Mole-eyed, mole-fraction, mole-hill, mole-hunting, mole-like, mole-mode, mole-nest, mole-rats, mole-run, mole-snouted, mole-style, mole-woman.
	Ending with "mole": shrew-mole, teenage-mutant-ninja-mole, whack-a-mole.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mole

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mole	845	kill a mole	35
mole removal	341	ground mole	35
the mole	317	3 mole	35
mole trap	218	mole sauce	35
jim mole morrison	138	mole whack	34
mole control	110	laser mole removal	33
mole picture	105	mole remover	33
naked mole rat	97	mole repellent	33
mole cricket	92	cancer mole	32
skin mole	67	mole skin cancer	32
celebrity mole	66	abc mole	31
the mole hole	63	mole and garden	30
the mole people	53	mole richardson	29
animal mole	52	red mole	29
chicken mole	48	removing mole	29
the mole tv show	45	chicken mole recipe	28
mole recipe	42	mole poblano	28
cancerous mole	40	lawn mole	26
mole extermination	38	remove mole	24
chemistry mole	36	hydatidiform mole	23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Mole

Language		Translations for "mole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		mol. (various references)

Albanian		mol (dam, pier, quay, quayage, quayside), urith (shrew-mole), skelë (bunder, gang board, Harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, landing, pier, port, scaffold, scaffolding, stage, staging, water front, wharf), sfrat (dike), rrëmoj (delve, dig, dive, ferret about, ferret out, forage, Mold, mould, rout, rummage, scavenge, search), qukë, pendë (barrage, dam, dike, embankment, feather, fin, pinion, plumage, plume, quill, seawall, sluice, span, Weir, yoke), nishan (aim, beauty spot, birthmark, decoration, medal, naevus, target), gërmoj (break ground, cave, dig, dig out, dig up, excavate, grub, hollow out, Mold, mould, pick, poke about, rout). (various references)

Arabic		‏مرفأ (anchorage, haven, port, seaport, spur), ‏حيوان اكل الحشرات, ‏حاجز الامواج (sea wall), ‏خال (beauty spot, uncle, unoccupied, void), ‏الخلد, ‏الجنين الكاذب, ‏شامة (beauty spot, grain, pit). (various references)

Bulgarian		слабогледащ човек, къртица, граммолекула, вълнолом (breakwater, groyne, jetty, pier, quay), мол, бенка, пристанище (dock, harbour, haven, port), пристан (flying bridge, levee, moorage, pier, wharf), дига (dike, embankment, jetty, levee, sea-bank). (various references)

Chinese		痣 (birthmark). (various references)

Czech		molo (jetty, pier, wharf), pigmentová skvrna, přístavní hráz (pier, quay), krtek, špion. (various references)

Danish		muldvarp (jet mole, mole ball). (various references)

Dutch		mol (flat). (various references)

Esperanto		talpo. (various references)

Faeroese		moldvørpa. (various references)

Farsi		کورموش(ج.ش.), خال گوشتی (Nevus), خال سیاه , خال (Blotch, Dot, Freckle, Pip, Speck, Speckle, Spot, Stigma). (various references)

Finnish		maamyyrä. (various references)

French		taupe, digue. (various references)

German		Maulwurf (mole ball), mole (jetty, pier). (various references)

Greek		τυφλοπόντικας. (various references)

Hebrew		מזח (breakwater, jetty, pier, quay, slip, wharf), שובר גלים (breakwater, sea wall), חולד (rat), חפרפרת, כתם (patch, slur, smear, smudge, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, tarnish), דיק (bastion, breastwork, bulwark, dike, dyke, rampart), בהרת (macula). (various references)

Hungarian		májfolt, anyajegy (birthmark, naevus, spot). (various references)

Indonesian		tahi lalat (birthmark), andang-andang (birthmark). (various references)

Irish		caochÚn. (various references)

Italian		talpa (intruder, mackerel shark, mole ball, penetrator, perpetrator, porbeagle, porbeagle shark, tunnel-boring machine, tunnelling machine, violator). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		防波堤 (breakwater). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぼうはてい (breakwater), ぼはん (birthmark), もぐら. (various references)

Korean		두더지. (various references)

Manx		kyaghan, fahrane, boalley marrey (breakwater, revetment, seawall). (various references)

Pig Latin		olemay.(various references)

Portuguese		toupeira (mole ball, tunnel-boring machine, tunnelling machine). (various references)

Romanian		mol (pier), dig (breakwater, dam, dike, embankment, jetty, levee, pier), chei (embankment, fountain, gap, gorge, jetty, levee, opening, pier, quay, wharf), cârtiţã, aluniţã (beauty spot, patch). (various references)

Russian		родинка;крот, родинка (beauty mark, beauty spot, birthmark, birth-mark), родимое пятно (birth-mark, mother's mark, naevus), крот (shrew mole, shrew-mole), копать (delve, dig, excavate, lift), грамм-молекула, невус (naevus), невоидная опухоль, моль (moth), мол (breakwater, jetty, pier, quay), занос (skid, snowdrift), дамба (barrage, causeway, dam, dike, embankment, levee, pen, seawall, sea-wall). (various references)

Scottish		màn (a mole on the skin), garluch (a mole), fath (a mole), famh-thalmhainn, fath (a mole), famh (a mole). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mola, mol (minor), mladež (beauty spot, birthmark, naevus, stigma, youth), krtica, gat, špijun (intelligencer, operative, spier, spy). (various references)

Spanish		topo (mole ball, tunnel-boring machine, tunnelling machine), lunar (beauty spot, lunar, lunary, patch, spot). (various references)

Swedish		mullvad (shrew-mole), mol. (various references)

Thai		ไฝ, น้ำหนักโมเลกุลของสสาร, กำแพงหินที่สร้างในทะเล, ตัวตุ่น (echidna). (various references)

Turkish		mol, mendirek (jetty, pier), köstebek (infiltrator, spy, taupe), gram-molekül, dalgakıran (breakwater, jetty, pier), ben (beauty spot, ego, I, myself, nevus). (various references)

Turkmen		tдз (birthmark, crown). (various references)

Ukrainian		родимка (beauty spot, birth mark, naevus, spiloma), рити (cave, delve, dig, gopher, shovel, trench), кріт, копати (bill, dig, excavate, gopher, scoop, shovel), дамба (bank, barrage, bund, causeway, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, jetty, pen, pier, sea-bank). (various references)

Vietnamese		nốt ruồi, đê chắn sóng. (various references)

Welsh		morglawdd (breakwater, embankment), twrch daear, gwadd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Mole

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	sumug. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	moles, talpa, Talpa europaea, talpas. (various references)
Middle French	1400-1600	m�le. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bible Trace: Mole

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Pro tou orh edrasqhnai pro de pantwn bounwn genna me
Latin	405	Vulgate	Necdum montes gravi mole constiterant ante colles ego parturiebar
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Ne yit the mounteynes in heuy mykilnesse hadden ben maad; er the hillis I was born.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Matched Bible Translations: Mole

Language	Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 25
Cebuano	Sa wala pa mapahimutang ang mga bukid, Sa wala pa ang kabungturan ako nahimugso na;
Croatian	Rodih se prije nego su utemeljene gore, prije brežuljaka.
Danish	førend Bjergene sænkedes, før Højene fødtes jeg,
Dutch	Aleer de bergen ingevest waren, voor de heuvelen was Ik geboren.
Finnish	Ennenkuin vuoret upotettiin paikoilleen, ennen kukkuloita, synnyin minä,
French	Avant que les montagnes soient affermies, Avant que les collines existent, je fus enfantée;
German	Ehe denn die Berge eingesenkt waren, vor den Hügeln war ich geboren,
Hungarian	Minekelõtte a hegyek leülepedtek volna, a halmoknak elõtte születtem.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Aku lahir sebelum gunung-gunung ditegakkan, sebelum bukit-bukit didirikan,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dahulu dari pada segala gunung diperalaskan dan dahulu dari pada segala bukitpun aku telah jadi.
Italian	prima che fossero fissate le basi dei monti, prima delle colline, io sono stata generata.
Maori	No mua atu i te whakaunga o nga maunga, no mua i nga pukepuke toku whanautanga:
Norwegian	Før fjellene blev senket ned, før haugene blev til, blev jeg født,
Portuguese	Antes que os montes fossem firmados, antes dos outeiros eu nasci,
Rumanian	am fost nqscutq knainte de kntqrirea munyilor, knainte de a fi dealurile,
Russian	с ТПДЙМБУШ РТЕЦДЕ, ОЕЦЕМЙ ЧПДТХЦЕОЩ ВЩМЙ ЗПТЩ, РТЕЦДЕ ИПМНПЧ,
Spanish	Nací antes que los montes fuesen asentados, antes que las colinas.
Swedish	Förrän bergens grund var lagd, förrän höjderna funnos, blev jag född,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations & Misspellings: Mole

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mole": molecular, molecularly, molecule, molecules, molehill, molehills, moles, moleskin, moleskins, molest, molestation, molestations, molested, molester, molesters, molesting, molests. (additional references)
	Words ending with "mole": amole, guacamole, kilomole, micromole, millimole, osmole, picomole. (additional references)
	Words containing "mole": amoles, bimolecular, bimolecularly, biomolecular, biomolecule, biomolecules, guacamoles, intermolecular, intermolecularly, intramolecular, intramolecularly, kilomoles, macromolecular, macromolecule, macromolecules, micromoles, millimoles, monomolecular, monomolecularly, multimolecular, nonmolecular, orthomolecular, osmoles, picomoles, simoleon, simoleons, supramolecular, unmolested. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emole, Eole, imole, Imoli, iole, maleg, maleh, Malev, malle, mally, Maolle, Mdol, mekle, mele, meleh, melle, Meole, mhole, mle, Mljet, mmol, mnla, Moal, moale, mobe, mobled, moce, modle, moel, mofe, moge, mogle, mohe, mohl, Molai, molak, molde, molea, Molefe, Molefi, molek, molen, Moler, molet, molex, moley, molf, molge, molhen, moli, molk, molla, mollet, Molne, Molo, Molom, molp, mols, molsen, Molte, Molua, Moluf, molut, Molye, molz, mone, monlam, mool, moola, mooli, mooly, Morle, Mosle, motle, motlee, mouli, moxe, moze, mozley, mple, Mtolo, muele, mugle, mula, mulee, mulen, muley, mulle, mulo, mulu, mulue, Mutloe, myle, myol, myool, Nkole, nola, Ombla, omel, omlac, omoe, yole, zole. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Mole"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mole" (pronounced mō"l)
2	-ō" l	bole, Boll, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, control, decontrol, dhole, dole, droll, enroll, espanol, extol, foal, goal, hole, sole, soul, stole, stroll, knoll, Kohl, ole, parole, patrol, pistole, pole, poll, role, roll, scroll, skoal, thole, tole, toll, troll, whole.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Mole

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