wildcat
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(satellite adjective) (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive; "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"; "a wildcat mine"; "wildcat drilling"; "wildcat wells" |
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(noun) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild |
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Related Words: European wildcat, Felis bengalensis, Felis chaus, Felis concolor, Felis manul, Felis ocreata, Felis pardalis, Felis serval, Felis silvestris, Felis tigrina, Felis wiedi, Felis yagouaroundi, Pallas's cat, caffer cat, cat, catamount, catamountain, cougar, eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jungle cat, kaffir cat, leopard cat, lynx, manul, margay, margay cat, mountain lion, ocelot, painter, panther, panther cat, puma, sand cat, serval, tiger cat, true cat |
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(satellite adjective) outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices; "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"; "wildcat stock speculation"; "a wildcat airline"; "wildcat life insurance schemes" |
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(satellite adjective) without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage" |
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Synonyms: unauthorized |
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(noun) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field |
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Synonyms: wildcat well |
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Related Words: oil well |
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(noun) a cruelly rapacious person |
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Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wolf |
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Related Words: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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