engobe vs mole

engobe

noun
  • A clay slip which is colored with metal oxides or stains, used for coating the surface of a pot either before or after bisque firing. 

  • A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture. 

mole

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

  • Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats. 

  • A moll, a bitch, a slut. 

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

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

  • Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae; also any of southern African mammals in the family Chrysochloridae (golden moles) and any of several Australian mammals in the family Notoryctidae (marsupial moles), similar to but not closely related to Talpidae moles 

  • 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. 

  • In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×10²³ elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. 

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

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

  • A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater. 

  • An Ancient Roman mausoleum. 

  • One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially a sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts. 

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