Mole vs. Jetty

Molenoun

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

Jettynoun

A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.

Molenoun

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

Jettynoun

A wharf or dock extending from the shore.

Molenoun

Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

Jettynoun

(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

Molenoun

(espionage) 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.

Jettyverb

To jut out; to project.

Molenoun

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

Jettyadjective

(archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

Molenoun

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

Jettyadjective

Made of jet, or like jet in color.

‘The people . . . are of a jetty.’;

Molenoun

A moll, a bitch, a slut.

Jettynoun

A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

Molenoun

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

Jettynoun

A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

Molenoun

(rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

Jettynoun

A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Molenoun

(historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.

Jettyverb

To jut out; to project.

Molenoun

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. from 1897

Jettynoun

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

Molenoun

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

Jettynoun

a landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored

‘Ben jumped ashore and tied the rowboat up to the small wooden jetty’;

Molenoun

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.

Jettynoun

a bridge or staircase used by passengers boarding an aircraft

‘aircraft will not be connected to passenger jetties during maintenance’;

Molenoun

A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

Jettynoun

a breakwater constructed to protect or defend a harbour, stretch of coast, or riverbank

‘engineers constructed jetties in the river to control erosion’;

Molenoun

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.

Jetty

A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. It may also refer more specifically to a walkway accessing the centre of an enclosed waterbody.

Molenoun

A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

Molenoun

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.

Molenoun

Any insectivore of the family Talpidæ. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

Molenoun

A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

Molenoun

A spy who lives for years an apparently normal life (to establish a cover) before beginning his spying activities.

Molenoun

A quantity of a substance equal to the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; a gram molecule; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the System International d'Unites; as, he added two moles of sodium chloride to the medium.

Moleverb

To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

Moleverb

To clear of molehills.

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

a spy who works against enemy espionage

Molenoun

spicy sauce often containing chocolate

Molenoun

a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

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

Molenoun

a small burrowing mammal with dark velvety fur, a long muzzle, and very small eyes, feeding mainly on worms, grubs, and other invertebrates.

Molenoun

a spy who gradually achieves an important position within the security defences of a country

‘a well-placed mole was feeding them the names of operatives’;

Molenoun

someone within an organization who anonymously betrays confidential information

‘the company is hunting for the mole who revealed details of planned job cuts’;

Molenoun

a small, often slightly raised blemish on the skin made dark by a high concentration of melanin

‘a mole on her arm had not been there at the beginning of the summer’;

Molenoun

a large solid structure on a shore serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway.

Molenoun

a harbour formed or protected by a mole.

Molenoun

the SI unit of amount of substance, equal to the quantity containing as many elementary units as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12.

Molenoun

an abnormal mass of tissue in the uterus.

Molenoun

a highly spiced Mexican sauce made chiefly from chilli peppers and chocolate, served with meat.