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moles

/moʊlz/

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

Examples :

"My sister has a few small, brown moles on her arm that she's had since she was a child. "

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

Examples :

"The gardener was frustrated because moles were digging tunnels in the lawn. "

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Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

Examples :

"The farmer complained that the moles were digging tunnels in his field, damaging the roots of his crops. "

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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.

Examples :

""The company suspected that one of their employees was a mole working for a competitor, leaking confidential information." "

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

Examples :

"The construction crew used moles to bore tunnels for the new underground drainage system. "

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

Examples :

"After the heavy rains, the farmer used a mole plow to create moles in the field, helping to drain the waterlogged soil. "

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A moll, a bitch, a slut.

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

Examples :

"The small boats sought shelter behind the harbor's moles during the storm. "

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A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

Examples :

"The small fishing boats found safe harbor behind the moles protecting the bay from the rough sea. "

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An Ancient Roman mausoleum.

Examples :

"Visiting Rome, the tourist was struck by the imposing scale of the ancient moles that once housed emperors' remains. "

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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.

Examples :

"To calculate the mass of carbon dioxide produced in a reaction, you need to know how many moles of carbon are involved. "

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

Examples :

"After experiencing unusual bleeding, the doctor suspected Mrs. Garcia had moles in her uterus following a failed pregnancy. "

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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.

Examples :

"My grandmother makes delicious moles from scratch, and we always have them with chicken for Sunday dinner. "