drilling
Piercing with rotation
Drilling is the act of making holes with a rotating tool, or the repetitive practice of skills through exercises: The coach had the team drilling plays all afternoon.
Military drilling involves marching and maneuvers in formation.
In textiles, drilling is a sturdy twilled cotton fabric used for workwear and uniforms.
Movable boom apparatus
- offshoreAway from land
- platformRaised flat structure
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
fracking · exploration · reservoir · wellbore · gusher · wildcatting · casing · blowout
Digging underground passages
- boringFailing to engage interest
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- trenchLong narrow excavation
jackhammer · blasting · auger · core sampling · geology · soil · bedrock · groundwater
Accuracy of measurement
- latheRotating shaping machine
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- CNCAutomated machining via code
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
calibration · gauge · micrometer · fabrication · machinist · jig · fixture · metalwork
Repeated work toward mastery
- repetitionAct of redoing
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- roteMemorization through repetition
- flashcardsPaper memorization tools
recitation · multiplication tables · vocabulary · spelling · grammar · phonics · quizzing · worksheet
Empty space within
- fillingMaterial placed within
- enamelHard glossy coating
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- toothacheAche in a molar
root canal · molar · crown · novocaine · anesthetic · dental · handpiece · burr
Developing abilities through practice
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- marchingRhythmic group walking
cadence · bootcamp · maneuver · parade · formation · sergeant · platoon · squad
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- pulseArterial blood throb
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
syncopation · groove · polyrhythm · percussion · drumming · staccato · meter · timing
derrick
Movable boom apparatus
petroleum · fracking · exploration · reservoir · wellbore · gusher · wildcatting · casing · blowout · BOP
tunneling
Digging underground passages
- boringFailing to engage interest
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
trench · jackhammer · blasting · auger · core sampling · geology · soil · bedrock · groundwater · geotechnical
precision
Accuracy of measurement
tolerance · calibration · gauge · micrometer · fabrication · machinist · jig · fixture · metalwork · alignment
practice
Repeated work toward mastery
- repetitionAct of redoing
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- roteMemorization through repetition
flashcards · recitation · multiplication tables · vocabulary · spelling · grammar · phonics · quizzing · worksheet · homework
cavity
Empty space within
toothache · root canal · molar · crown · novocaine · anesthetic · dental · handpiece · burr · pulp
training
Developing abilities through practice
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
marching · cadence · bootcamp · maneuver · parade · formation · sergeant · platoon · squad · repetition
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
pattern · syncopation · groove · polyrhythm · percussion · drumming · staccato · meter · timing · sequence
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- dentistrydentist, teeth, tooth, dentists, dental care
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oil fields
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, chisel
- construction soundshammering, sawing, jackhammer, pile driver, bulldozer
drillingconservation
Preventing waste or loss
capping · preservation · decommissioning · plugging · restoration
drillingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
freestyling · creative exploration · winging it · experimentation · neglecting
- oil drillingBoring for underground fuel
- drilling rigWell-boring machinery platform
- drilling operationsExcavation for subsurface access
- drilling platformsStructures for underwater extraction
- offshore drillingExtracting petroleum from seabed
- drilling downInvestigating progressively deeper