molehunt
English
noun
Definitions
- (espionage) An investigation attempting to identify moles (agents who have infiltrated an organisation).
Etymology
Compound from English mole (massive structure used as a breakwater pier) + English hunt.
Origin
English
hunt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihunt English
- attomole English
- centimole English
- decimole English
- duck mole English
- duckmole English
- egg hunt English
- femtomole English
- foxhunt English
- ghosthunt English
- headhunt English
- hunt English
- huntable English
- huntee English
- hunter English
- huntest English
- hunteth English
- hunting English
- huntmaster English
- huntsman English
- huntsperson English
- huntswoman English
- kilomole English
- manhunt English
- micromole English
- millimole English
- mmole English
- molal English
- mole English
- mole-eyed English
- molecast English
- molecatcher English
- molehead English
- molehill English
- molehunter English
- molelike English
- moleomancy English
- moleskin English
- nanomole English
- outhunt English
- overhunt English
- picomole English
- puzzlehunt English
- water mole English
- watermole English
- witch-hunt English
- womanhunt English
- zeptomole English
- Mol German
- mól Hungarian
- hunten Middle English
- mole Middle English
- मोल Hindi
- 摩爾 Chinese
- mole
- hunt
- mmole
- molal
- hunter
- huntee
- outhunt
- hunteth
- huntest
- hunting
- manhunt
- foxhunt
- duckmole
- moleskin
- overhunt
- picomole
- egg hunt
- headhunt
- kilomole
- decimole
- attomole
- nanomole
- molehill
- antihunt
- molelike
- molecast
- huntsman
- molehead
- huntable
- zeptomole
- micromole
- duck mole
- millimole
- watermole
- femtomole
- womanhunt
- centimole
- ghosthunt
- mole-eyed
- witch-hunt
- huntswoman
- puzzlehunt
- moleomancy
- molehunter
- water mole
- huntmaster
- molecatcher
- huntsperson