oilers
Fuel ship fleet
Oilers is the plural of oiler—a person who oils machinery, a ship designed to carry or refuel with oil, or a container for dispensing oil.
The word also names sports teams, most notably the Edmonton Oilers hockey franchise and the former Houston Oilers football team.
Pro hockey organization
- Stanley CupPro hockey's top prize
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- blue and orangeOpposing colors on spectrum
Wayne Gretzky · playoffs · draft picks · powerhouse · championships
Hole-making by rotation
- extractionAct of removing
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
offshore · derrick · rig · barrel · upstream · downstream · fracking · reserves
Thick oily lubricant
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- viscosityFluid's flow resistance
- slicknessSmooth, slippery quality
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
bearings · gears · friction · maintenance · coating · WD-40 · machine shop · crankcase
Oil platform laborer
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- drillersThose who bore holes
- crewWorking team aboard
- hard hatsRigid protective headgear
blue-collar · shift work · pipeline workers · field hands · wildcatters · boomtown · safety gear · union
NHL
Pro hockey organization
- Stanley CupPro hockey's top prize
- AlbertaWestern Canadian province
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
Wayne Gretzky · blue and orange · playoffs · draft picks · powerhouse · championships
drilling
Hole-making by rotation
- extractionAct of removing
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
hydrocarbons · offshore · derrick · rig · barrel · upstream · downstream · fracking · reserves · pipelines
grease
Thick oily lubricant
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- viscosityFluid's flow resistance
- slicknessSmooth, slippery quality
machinery · bearings · gears · friction · maintenance · coating · WD-40 · machine shop · crankcase · hydraulics
roughneck
Oil platform laborer
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- drillersThose who bore holes
- crewWorking team aboard
hard hats · blue-collar · shift work · pipeline workers · field hands · wildcatters · boomtown · safety gear · union · labor camp
- railroad jobsconductors, engineers, brakemen, firemen, switchmen
- naval auxiliariessupply ships, supply ship, tankers, cargo ships, tenders
- fuelfuel, diesel, gasoline, petrol, kerosene
- naval vesselswarships, warship, destroyers, cruiser, battleship
- dockworkerslongshoremen, stevedores, dockers, dockworkers, dockhands
oilerscontainer ships
Vessels transporting standardized freight boxes
freighters · passenger ships · cargo vessels · cruise ships · ferries
oilerswarships
Military combat vessels
destroyers · battleships · frigates · cruisers · aircraft carriers
oilersCalgary Flames
Alberta professional hockey team
Los Angeles Kings · Vancouver Canucks · New York Islanders · Dallas Stars · Colorado Avalanche
- well-oiled machineFlawlessly coordinated working system
- Edmonton OilersAlberta professional hockey franchise
- oiled leatherFat-treated animal skin