psychoanalysis
analysis depth psychology | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud, his physician recommended psychoanalysis |
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 |
depth charge
depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
| depth finder | navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar) |
depth gauge
depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
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 |
sonic depth finder
fathometer | depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves |
| depth | degree of psychological or intellectual profundity |
| depth | the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense, the depth of his breathing, the depth of his sighs, the depth of his emotion |
depth
deepness | the extent downward or backward or inward, the depth of the water, depth of a shelf, depth of a closet |
astuteness profundity
profoundness
depth
deepness | the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas |
| depth | (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part, from the depths of darkest Africa, signals received from the depths of space |
| depth | (usually plural) a low moral state, he had sunk to the depths of addiction |
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 |
boring
deadening
dull ho-hum
irksome
slow
tedious
tiresome
wearisome | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness, a boring evening with uninteresting people, the deadening effect of some routine tasks, a dull play, his competent but dull performance, a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention, what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke, tedious days on the train, the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain, other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome |