mole
Velvet-furred digger
Mole gathers several unrelated words.
The burrowing mammal digs tunnels underground, lending its name to someone who burrows into an organization to spy from within: They suspected a mole in the intelligence agency.
A mole is also a small dark spot on skin—a pigmented growth.
In chemistry, a mole is a unit measuring amount of substance.
A mole can also be a massive stone breakwater protecting a harbor.
In Mexican cuisine, mole is a rich sauce made with chiles and often chocolate.
Congenital skin discoloration
- nevusPigmented dermal lesion
- spotMark or location
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- melaninNatural coloring compound
dermatology · freckle · beauty mark · removal · biopsy · melanoma · asymmetry · benign
Animal's dug dwelling
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- diggingRemoving earth below
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- furAnimal body hair
velvety · claws · snout · earthworms · insectivore · soil · mammal · solitary
One who enters covertly
- sleeperOne at rest
- traitorOne who betrays allegiance
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
undercover · covert · handler · compromised · unmasked · defector · planted · embedded
Molecular quantity's namesake
- stoichiometryQuantitative chemical reaction analysis
- amountTotal quantity present
- substancePhysical material with mass
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
SI unit · particles · atoms · molecules · calculation · formula · reaction · solution
birthmark
Congenital skin discoloration
- nevusPigmented dermal lesion
- spotMark or location
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
melanin · dermatology · freckle · beauty mark · removal · biopsy · melanoma · asymmetry · benign · malignant
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- diggingRemoving earth below
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
fur · velvety · claws · snout · earthworms · insectivore · soil · mammal · solitary · blind
infiltrator
One who enters covertly
intelligence · undercover · covert · handler · compromised · unmasked · defector · planted · embedded · turncoat
Avogadro
Molecular quantity's namesake
- stoichiometryQuantitative chemical reaction analysis
- amountTotal quantity present
- substancePhysical material with mass
concentration · SI unit · particles · atoms · molecules · calculation · formula · reaction · solution · quantitative
chocolate
Sweet from cacao seeds
negro · poblano · complex · spices · nuts · seeds · cinnamon · cacao · guajillo · pasilla
jetty
Structure extending into water
barrier · stone · wave · protection · coastal · marina · port · causeway · embankment · structure
- facial featuresnose, chin, freckles, brow, cheekbones
- small mammalsmouse, mice, rat, rats, hamster
- skin growthsskin tag, wart, nevus, nevi, birthmark
- skin marksbirthmark, freckle, scar, wart, skin tag
- Spies and Traitorsspy, traitor, double agents, sleeper agent, defector
- earthbound thingsgrounded, rooted, anchored, planted, flightless
moleeagle
Large predatory bird
bird · hawk · surface dweller · falcon · squirrel
- making a mountain out of a molehillExaggerating minor issues dramatically
- mole hillSmall excavated dirt pile
- mole ratUnderground rodent, often hairless
- made a mountain out of a molehillExaggerated minor issue's importance
- make a mountain out of a molehillExaggerate trivial problems drastically
- naked mole ratHairless burrowing African rodent