driller
Rig platform worker
A driller is someone who operates a drill, particularly in oil and gas extraction where the driller controls the drilling rig and supervises the crew.
The term extends to anyone who drills professionally—well drillers, rock drillers, dental technicians.
In sports, a driller is a hard-hit ball or shot: He sent a driller past the goalkeeper.
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- wellheadSurface opening of bore
- platformRaised flat structure
offshore · petroleum · derrick · wildcatting · gusher · fracking · crude · exploration
Rotating hole-making implement
- augerSpiral hole-maker
- boreTiresome individual or drill
- gimletSmall hand drill
- braceDevice providing structural stability
reamer · countersink · pilot-hole · trepan · chuck · mandrel · flute · spiral
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- blastingExplosive material removal
hardrock · vein · deposit · prospecting · stope · geology · minerals · coal
Underlying support structure
- pilingStructural support column
- excavationAct of unearthing
- concreteSolid building mixture
- anchoringFastening securely to position
caisson · geotechnical · site · earthworks · borehole · infrastructure · grouting · underpinning
rig
Equipment arrangement or vehicle
- roughneckOil platform laborer
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- wellheadSurface opening of bore
platform · offshore · petroleum · derrick · wildcatting · gusher · fracking · crude · exploration · upstream
drillbit
Rotating hole-making implement
brace · reamer · countersink · pilot-hole · trepan · chuck · mandrel · flute · spiral · broach
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
blasting · hardrock · vein · deposit · prospecting · stope · geology · minerals · coal · diamond
foundation
Underlying support structure
- pilingStructural support column
- excavationAct of unearthing
- concreteSolid building mixture
anchoring · caisson · geotechnical · site · earthworks · borehole · infrastructure · grouting · underpinning · reinforcement
lathe
Rotating shaping machine
chuck · tailstock · quill · workpiece · jig · clamp · coolant · toolholder · indexing · benchtop
rudiments
Elementary first principles
paradiddle · roll · flam · diddle · corps · technique · timing · precision · battery · tenor
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- construction workersconstruction worker, laborer, foreman, site foreman, site supervisor
- oilfield workersroughneck, roustabout, rig worker, pumper, company man
- field jobssurveyor, rodman, foreman, roughneck, roustabout
- drillingbore hole, auger, bit, rotary, casing
- oilfield jobsroughneck, roustabout, motorman, petroleum engineer, company man
drillerconservationist
Protector of natural resources
environmentalist · preservationist · park ranger · reclaimer
- fire drillEmergency evacuation practice
- power drillElectric tool for boring holes
- drill sergeantTrains raw recruits harshly
- know the drillUnderstand the usual procedure
- drilled downAnalyzed in greater depth
- drill instructorMilitary trainer of recruits
drill, drilling, drilled, drills, directional drilling, horizontal drilling, drillers, core drill