Bore
(imp.) of Bear |
Bore
(v. t.) To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument |
Bore
(v. t.) To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus |
Bore
(v. t.) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring |
Bore
(v. t.) To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness |
Bore
(v. t.) To befool |
Bore
(v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument |
Bore
(v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns |
Bore
(v. i.) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort. |
Bore
(v. i.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air |
Bore
(n.) A hole made by boring |
Bore
(n.) The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube. |
Bore
(n.) The size of a hole |
Bore
(n.) A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger. |
Bore
(n.) Caliber |
Bore
(n.) A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness |
Bore
(n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China. |
Bore
(n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel. |
Bore
() imp. of 1st & 2d Bear. |
Drilling
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drill |
Drilling
(n.) The act of piercing with a drill. |
Drilling
(n.) A training by repeated exercises. |
Drilling
(n.) The act of using a drill in sowing seeds. |
Drilling
(n.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton. |
Range
(n.) To set in a row, or in rows |
Range
(n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army |
Range
(n.) To separate into parts |
Range
(n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order |
Range
(n.) To rove over or through |
Range
(n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near |
Range
(n.) To be native to, or to live in |
Range
(v. i.) To rove at large |
Range
(v. i.) To have range |
Range
(v. i.) To be placed in order |
Range
(v. i.) To have a certain direction |
Range
(v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region |
Range
(v.) A series of things in a line |
Range
(v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree |
Range
(v.) The step of a ladder |
Range
(v.) A kitchen grate. |
Range
(v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking |
Range
(v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal. |
Range
(v.) A wandering or roving |
Range
(v.) That which may be ranged over |
Range
(v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive |
Range
(v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives. |
Range
(v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried. |
Range
(v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile. |
Range
(v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced. |
Range
(v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart. |
boring
drilling
oil production | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum |
| drilling boring | the act of drilling |
| range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
bore
bore-hole
drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
drilling bit
drill bit | a bit used in drilling for oil |
| drilling pipe | a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit, rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud |
drilling platform
offshore rig | drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially |
drill rig
drilling rig
oilrig
oil rig | rig used in drilling for oil or gas |
| electric range | a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power |
firing range
target range | a practice range for target practice |
gas range
gas stove
gas cooker | a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas |
golf range
driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
omnirange
omnidirectional range
omnidirectional radio range | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
| practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
| range | a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds, the army maintains a missile range in the desert, any good golf club will have a range where you can practice |
rangefinder
range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
| range hood | exhaust hood over a kitchen range |
range pole
ranging pole
flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
| rifle range | a range where people can practice shooting rifles, during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges |
| rocket range | a firing range for rocket missiles |
shooting gallery
shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
stove kitchen stove
range kitchen range
cooking stove | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food, dinner was already on the stove |
| test range | a range for conducting tests |
| visual range | distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye |
bore
gauge caliber calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
scope
range
reach
orbit
compass
ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, the ambit of municipal legislation, within the compass of this article, within the scope of an investigation, outside the reach of the law, in the political orbit of a world power |
approximate range
ballpark | near to the scope or range of something, his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark |
compass
range
reach
grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
tidal bore
bore
eagre
aegir
eager | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
image
range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
| range | a variety of different things or activities, he answered a range of questions, he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection |
home range
home territory | the area in which an animal normally ranges |
| range reach | the limits within which something can be effective, range of motion, he was beyond the reach of their fire |
| range | a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze, they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring, he dreamed of a home on the range |
rifle range
rifle shot | the distance that a rifle bullet will carry, the target was out of rifle range |
| Admiralty Range | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land |
| Alaska Range | a mountain range in south central Alaska, contains Mount McKinley |
Balkans
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
Cascades
Cascade Range
Cascade Mountains | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California, a part of the Coast Range |
Coast Range
Coast Mountains | a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California |
Great Dividing Range
Eastern Highlands | a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia |
Karakoram
Karakoram Range
Karakorum Range
Mustagh
Mustagh Range | a mountain range in northern Kashmir, an extension of the Hindu Kush, contains the nd highest peak |
| Mesabi Range | a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in |
range
mountain range
range of mountains
chain mountain chain
chain of mountains | a series of hills or mountains, the valley was between two ranges of hills, the plains lay just beyond the mountain range |
St. Elias Range
St. Elias Mountains | a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory |
| Teton Range | a mountain range in northwest Wyoming, contains the Grand Teton |
bore
dullard | a person who evokes boredom |
drilling mud
drilling fluid | a mixture of clays and chemicals and water, pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole |
rate
rank
range
order
grade place | assign a rank or rating to, how would you rank these students?, The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide |