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Definition & Synonyms
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• Mole
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.
- (n.) A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.
- (v. t.) To clear of molehills.
- (n.) A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.
- (v. t.) To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.
- (n.) A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.
Synonyms:
Breakwater, Bulwark, Groin, Groyne, Jetty,
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• Molecule
- (n.) One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
Synonyms:
Atom, Mote, Particle, Speck,
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