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 |
chopine
platform | a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole |
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 |
| platform | a raised horizontal surface, the speaker mounted the platform |
| platform weapons platform | any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons |
| platform | the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system |
| platform bed | a bed without springs |
| platform rocker | rocking chair on a stationary base |
| semi-abstraction | a semiabstract painting |
| semi-detached house | a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side |
semitrailer
semi | a trailer having wheels only in the rear, the front is supported by the towing vehicle |
space station
space platform
space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
submersible
submersible warship | a warship designed to operate under water |
| submersible | an apparatus intended for use under water |
trailer truck
tractor trailer
trucking rig
rig articulated lorry
semi | a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
platform
political platform
political program
program | a document stating the aims and principles of a political party, their candidate simply ignored the party platform, they won the election even though they offered no positive program |
semifinal
semi | one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament |
bittersweet chocolate
semi-sweet chocolate
dark chocolate | chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla, lecithin is usually added |
| semi-skimmed milk | milk from which some of the cream has been removed |
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 |
semi-automatize
semi-automatise | make semiautomatic, Can we semi-automatize the semantic tagging process? |
semi-evergreen
half-evergreen | of a plant that is incompletely evergreen, it was evergreen where the weather was mild but deciduous in the rigorous parts of the range |
semiformal
semi-formal
black-tie | moderately formal, requiring a dinner jacket, he wore semiformal attire, a black-tie dinner |
| semi-climbing | of plants that are semi-climbers |
| semi-erect | of plants that are partly erect |
| semi-upright | of animals that are partly erect |
| semi-prostrate | imperfectly prostrate, prostrate for part of its length, the semi-prostrate evergreen, purple heather |
| semi-processed | having been subjected to partial processing |
| semi-wild | partially wild |
submersible
submergible | capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged, a submersible pump, a submergible electric frying pan |
| semi-dry | somewhat dry, swabbing left the deck semi-dry but still slippery |
| semi-tuberous | partly tuberous |