Search results
Results from the Tech24 Deals Content Network
A shut-in is a person confined indoors, especially as a result of physical or mental disability. Agoraphobe. Recluse. Invalid, or patient. Hikikomori, a Japanese term for reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life.
Shut-in (oil drilling) Appearance. hide. In the petroleum industry, shutting-in is the implementation of a production cap set lower than the available output of a specific site. [1] This may be part of an attempt to constrict the oil supply [2] or a necessary precaution when crews are evacuated ahead of a natural disaster. [3]
AGA – American Gas Association. AGRU – acid gas removal unit. AGT – (1) agitator, used in drilling. AGT – (2) authorised gas tester (certified by OPITTO) AGT – (3) Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey (a region rich in oil related activity) [3] AHBDF – along hole (depth) below Derrick floor. AHD – along hole depth.
Something you can no longer 'Google' and hope to find in Google Dictionary. [Thanks, Goog] ... to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut. to stop or obstruct (a ...
A sough is a drainage tunnel to take water from coal mines without the need to pump it to the surface. [1] An example is the Great Haigh Sough. Spoil tip. Gin Pit Colliery 's old spoil tip or rucks. A spoil tip is a pile built of accumulated spoil - the overburden or other waste rock removed during coal and ore mining.
A street that allows local vehicle traffic, but is prioritized for bicycles and other non-motorized travel. Bike freeway, cycling superhighway, fast cycle route, or bicycle highway. An informal name for a bicycle path that is meant for long-distance traffic. Bike lane or cycle lane.
A shut-in is a rock formation that carve through a mountain ranges, causing a complex of pools, rivulets, rapids and plunge pools. They are found in streams in the Ozarks. Shut-ins are inherently confined to a narrow valley or canyon, with the river valley widening out both above and below the formation. Because the rock resists downcutting ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Italian American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia . administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy.