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Mole

/mɔʊl/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Mole"

noun

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

🔄 Synonyms of "Mole"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bulwarknoun	A defense or safeguard.
jettynoun	(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
groinnoun	The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
breakwaternoun	A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
groynenoun	An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
seawallnoun	A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
molnoun	A municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
gram moleculenoun	(chemistry) The amount of a compound whose mass in grams is that of its molecular weight; a mole of molecules.
counterspynoun	A spy working in counterintelligence.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mole"

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Word	Definition
groinnoun	The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
molnoun	A municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.
gram moleculenoun	(chemistry) The amount of a compound whose mass in grams is that of its molecular weight; a mole of molecules.
bulwarknoun	A defense or safeguard.
seawallnoun	A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
groynenoun	An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
jettynoun	(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
breakwaternoun	A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
counterspynoun	A spy working in counterintelligence.
pimplenoun	(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
zitnoun	(Canada, US, slang) Pimple
wartnoun	(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
hydatidiform	Resembling a hydatid.
virusnoun	A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
molarnoun	A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
birthmarknoun	A mark on the skin formed before birth.
copnoun	(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
plantnoun	(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
stainnoun	A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
bugnoun	(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).