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

synonyms: gram molecule, mol.

Roget 668: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice etc. (information) 527; premonition, premonishment^†; prediction etc. 511; contraindication, lesson, dehortation^†; admonition, monition; alarm etc. 669.    handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra^†, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens^†, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch.    watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse etc. (indication of locality) 550.    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.    cautiousness etc. 864.    monitor, guard camera, radar, AWACS, spy satellite, spy-in-the-sky, U2 plane, spy plane.    ... show more

Roget 848: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism^†; flaw, defect etc. (imperfection) 651; injury etc. (deterioration) 659; spots on the sun^†; eyesore.    stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur.    tarnish, smudge; dirt etc. 653.    [blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle, mole, macula [Anat.], patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip^†, blubber lip; blain^†, maculation; scar, wem^†; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple etc. (protuberance) 250.    ... show more

Roget 206: height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness etc. adj.; sublimity.    tallness etc. adj.; stature, procerity^†; prominence etc. 250.    colossus etc. (size) 192; giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard.    mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle^†, fell, knap^†; cape; headland, foreland^†; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights etc. (summit) 210; knob, loma^†, pena [U.S.], picacho^†, tump^†; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig^†, tor^†, peak, pike, clough^†; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height.    tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola; skyscraper.    pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff; top mast, topgallant mast.    ceiling etc. (covering) 223.    high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide.    altimetry etc. (angel) 244^†; batophobia^†.    satellite, spy-in-the-sky.    ... show more

Dutch: mol
Polish: mol

A spy who works against enemy espionage.

synonym: counterspy.

Polish: kontrwywiadowca

Spicy sauce often containing chocolate.

A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.

Polish: pieprzyk

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

synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, seawall.

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity^†, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; tumour [Brit.], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity [Anat.]; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch.    boss, embossment, hub, hubble; [convex body parts] tooth [U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis^†, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity^†, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf etc. (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^†; molar; belly, corporation^†, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.    [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula [Med.], pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle^†, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus^†, fungus, fungosity^†, exostosis^†, bleb, blister, blain^†; boil etc. (disease) 655; airbubble^†, blob, papule, verruca.    [convex body parts on chest] papilla, nipple, teat, tit [Vulg.], titty [Vulg.], boob [Vulg.], knocker [Vulg.], pap, breast, dug, mammilla^†.    [prominent convexity on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz [Coll.].    peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.    cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster.    relief, relievo [It], cameo; bassorilievo^†, mezzorilevo^†, altorivievo; low relief, bas relief [Fr.], high relief.    hill etc. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull; forehead, foreland^†; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur; naze^†, ness.    ... show more

Roget 666: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison etc. 752; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse^†; hiding place etc. (ambush) 530; sanctum sanctorum [Lat.] etc. (privacy) 893.    roadstead, anchorage; breakwater, mole, port, haven; harbor, harbor of refuge; seaport; pier, jetty, embankment, quay.    covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher [U.S.].    wall etc. (inclosure) 232; fort etc. (defense) 717.    anchor, kedge; grapnel, grappling iron; sheet anchor, killick^†; mainstay; support etc. 215; cheek etc. 706; ballast.    jury mast; vent-peg; safety valve, blow-off valve; safety lamp; lightning rod, lightning conductor; safety belt, airbag, seat belt; antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires.    means of escape etc. (escape) 671; lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket; parachute, plank, steppingstone; emergency landing.    safeguard etc. (protection) 664.    ... show more

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation^†, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; site defense.    self-defense, self-preservation; resistance etc. 719.    safeguard etc. (safety) 664; balistraria^†; bunker, screen etc. (shelter) 666; camouflage etc. (concealment) 530; 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 etc. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado^†, laager^†, sangar^†; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis^†, abbatis^†; vallum^†, circumvallation^†, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp^†, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate^†; vallation^†, vanfos^†.    buttress, abutment; shore etc. (support) 215.    breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet^†, bastion, redan^†, ravelin^†; vauntmure^†; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan^†, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice; lines.    loophole, machicolation^†; sally port.    hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum etc. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon^†, pah^†, sconce, martello tower^†, peelhouse^†, blockhouse, rath^†; wooden walls.    [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate^†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum^†, cuirass, habergeon^†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine^†, hauberk, lorication^†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade^†, heaume^†, morion^†, murrion^†, armet^†, cabaset^†, vizor^†, casquetel^†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace^†, shako etc. (dress) 225.    bearskin; panoply; truncheon etc. (weapon) 727.    garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian etc. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner^†.    bulletproof window.    hardened site.    ... show more

Dutch: krib, steiger, zeewering, zeedijk, breekwater, havendam, golfbreker, landhoofd, paalhoofd, pier, zeebreker, zeehoofd ... show more
Polish: falochron

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

Dutch: mol, moedervlek
Polish: kret, kret europejski