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Moldavian Democratic Republic
Moldavian Democratic Republic (Republica Democratică Moldovenească), also called the Moldovan Republic of 1917: Bessarabian state proclaimed by Sfatul Țării on 2 December 1917, federated with Russia, independent January 1918, united with Romania 27 March 1918.
Moldavian host (Oastea cea mică și mare)
The Moldavian host (Oastea Moldovei) was the army of medieval Moldavia, reaching its height under Stephen the Great, who won the battle of Vaslui in 1475.
Moldavian Revolution of 1848
The Moldavian Revolution of 1848 was the part of the European revolutionary wave in the Principality of Moldavia, a peaceful petition movement crushed by Prince Mihail Sturdza in 1848.
Moldavian school of mural painting
The Moldavian school of mural painting is a 15th- and 16th-century church fresco tradition in Moldavia, known for covering church exteriors entirely with painted religious scenes.
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ)
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also MSSR, was the Soviet union republic formed 2 August 1940 from Bessarabia and part of the Moldavian ASSR; it became independent Moldova in 1991.
Moldavite
Moldavite (Czech vltavín) is a green tektite, natural glass formed about 15 million years ago by the meteorite impact that created the Nördlinger Ries crater in Germany.
Molde
Molde is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, on the Romsdalsfjord, the county's administrative center, known as the town of roses and home of Moldejazz.
Molde FK
Molde FK (Molde Fotballklubb), Norwegian football club founded 1911 in Molde, plays at Aker Stadion; five Eliteserien titles and six Norwegian Cups, 1999 Champions League group stage, Solskjær-era success.
Molde Municipality
Molde Municipality (Molde kommune, no. 1506) is a Møre og Romsdal municipality formed in 2020 by merging Molde, Midsund, and Nesset; 33,291 residents (2026), center Molde town, highest peak Høgbøra 1,964 m.
Molded pulp
Molded pulp, also called molded fiber, is a packaging material made by forming wood or paper fibers on shaped molds into parts such as egg cartons and trays.
Molded underfill
Molded underfill (MUF) is a semiconductor packaging process that combines capillary underfill and overmolding into one epoxy molding step, improving reliability and used in SK hynix HBM since 2019.
Moldflow
Moldflow is injection molding simulation software that predicts how molten plastic fills, packs, and cools in a mold; founded in 1978, it has been owned by Autodesk since 2008.
Molding (process)
Molding is a manufacturing process in which a softened or powdered material is shaped in a mold, applied to plastics, metals, ceramics, glass, and composites.
Molding sand
Molding sand, also called foundry sand, is sand mixed with binders such as clay and water, compacted around a pattern to form molds for sand casting.
Moldova
Moldova, known in Romanian as Republica Moldova, is a country in Eastern Europe between Romania and Ukraine with over 2.4 million people, independent since 1991.
Moldova Gas Field
The Moldova Gas Field is a group of small natural gas deposits in southern Moldova, centered on Victorovca and producing about 10,000 cubic meters per month.
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Moldova at Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Vienna): return after 2025 withdrawal; Selecția Națională won by Satoshi with "Viva, Moldova!"; 4th in semi-final one, 8th in the Grand Final with 226 points; jury-vote resignation controversy.
Moldova national football team
Moldova men's national football team (Echipa națională a Moldovei), governed by the FMF since 1990; debuted 1991 vs Georgia, never qualified for a World Cup or Euro, highest FIFA ranking 37th (2008).
Moldova–NATO relations
Moldova–NATO relations: partnership since 1992 between neutral Moldova and NATO via NACC, PfP (1994), IPAP/ITPP, PARP, DCB packages, a 2017 Liaison Office in Chisinau, and KFOR contributions, under constitutional neutrality.
Moldovan language
Moldovan language (limba moldovenească) is the Soviet-era and constitutional name for Romanian as spoken in Moldova; a regional variety of Romanian, not a separate language, renamed Romanian in Moldova's 2023 law.
Moldovan leu
The Moldovan leu (MDL) is the official currency of Moldova, divided into 100 bani and issued by the National Bank of Moldova. It replaced the Soviet ruble and interim coupons in November 1993.
Moldovans
Moldovans, the titular ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova (Moldoveni), 76.7% of the 2024 census population; speak a regional variety of Romanian; identity divided between Moldovanism and Romanianism; large diaspora of about 828,000.
Mole (animal)
Mole (animal): Talpidae, the true moles of the Holarctic, small fossorial insectivores related to shrews, eating 70-100% of body weight daily; distinct from golden moles and mole rats, which evolved burrowing independently.
Mole (architecture)
A mole is a massive stone or masonry structure protecting a harbor from waves, currents, and silting, which may also carry a road, railway, or ship berths.
Mole (espionage)
Mole (espionage): a deep-cover agent infiltrating an organization for a foreign power, also called a penetration agent. Distinct from double agents; famous cases include the Cambridge Five, Ames, and Hanssen; le Carré popularized the term.
Mole (sauce)
Mole (sauce), from Nahuatl molli/mulli meaning sauce, is a family of thick Mexican sauces of chiles, seeds, nuts, spices and sometimes chocolate; about fifty types exist, with mole poblano of Puebla and Oaxaca's seven moles the best known.
Mole (unit)
The mole (symbol mol) is the SI base unit of amount of substance, defined to contain exactly 6.022 × 10^23 elementary entities, a value called the Avogadro constant.
Mole (video game)
MOLE (2026) is a first-person psychological horror simulation game by Sweden's Off Black Creations and publisher Oro Interactive, released June 15, 2026 on Steam and GOG for $12.99, about piloting a drilling vessel beneath Slavic soil toward a mysterious Signal.
Mole Antonelliana
Mole Antonelliana, Turin landmark by Alessandro Antonelli, begun 1863 as a synagogue, completed by the city in 1889; 167.5 m masonry tower housing the National Museum of Cinema since 2000.
Mole cricket
Mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae, about 65 species) are burrowing orthopterans with shovel-like dactyl forelegs, horn-shaped resonator burrows for male song, and invasive Neoscapteriscus pests in the southeastern US controlled by Larra wasps, Steinernema nematodes, and Ormia flies.