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WILDCAT

Definition:

1. [noun] an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
   Synonyms: well
   
   
2. [noun] a cruelly rapacious person
   Synonyms: beast, wolf, savage, brute
   
   
3. [noun] any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
   
   
4. [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"
   
   
5. [adjective] without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
   Synonyms: unauthorized, unauthorised
   
   
6. [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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Related Words:

• sand cat
• European wildcat, catamountain, Felis silvestris
• cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor
• ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis
• jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi
• kaffir cat, caffer cat, Felis ocreata
• jungle cat, Felis chaus
• serval, Felis serval
• leopard cat, Felis bengalensis
• tiger cat, Felis tigrina
• margay, margay cat, Felis wiedi
• manul, Pallas's cat, Felis manul
• lynx, catamount

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