oilrig
English
noun
Definitions
- A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
Etymology
Compound from English oil + English rig (a wanton girl).
Origin
English
rig
Gloss
a wanton girl
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Oilgate English
- bio-oil English
- butteroil English
- deoil English
- derig English
- nonoil English
- oil English
- oil of lemon eucalyptus English
- oilable English
- oilbath English
- oilbird English
- oilcake English
- oilcan English
- oilcloth English
- oilcrop English
- oilcup English
- oiler English
- oilfish English
- oilish English
- oilless English
- oilman English
- oilnut English
- oilocracy English
- oilpaper English
- oilpatch English
- oilpresser English
- oilpressing English
- oilproof English
- oilseed English
- oilskin English
- oilsmoke English
- oilstone English
- oilstove English
- oiltight English
- oilway English
- oily English
- overoil English
- prerig English
- reoil English
- rerig English
- rig English
- rigged English
- rigger English
- riggish English
- soyoil English
- thimblerig English
- truffle oil English
- underoil English
- unoil English
- unrig English
- rigg Norwegian Bokmål
- *rik- Proto-Germanic
- オイル Japanese
- rigg Norwegian Nynorsk
- oyle Middle English
- oili Swahili
- weiļ Marshallese
- wōil Marshallese
- wel Tok Pisin
- welim Tok Pisin
- oil
- rig
- oily
- unoil
- rerig
- deoil
- reoil
- derig
- unrig
- oiler
- prerig
- soyoil
- oilcan
- oilway
- nonoil
- oilnut
- oilcup
- rigger
- oilish
- rigged
- oilman
- bio-oil
- overoil
- oilfish
- oilseed
- oilbird
- oilable
- oilbath
- oilcake
- Oilgate
- oilskin
- oilcrop
- riggish
- oilless
- oilsmoke
- oilproof
- oilpatch
- oilstove
- oilstone
- oilcloth
- underoil
- oiltight
- oilpaper
- oilocracy
- butteroil
- oilpresser
- thimblerig
- truffle oil
- oilpressing
- oil of lemon eucalyptus