oil well, oiler - a well that yields or has yielded oil

aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks

Felis, genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats

cat, true cat - feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats

sand cat - a desert-dwelling wildcat

catamountain, European wildcat, Felis silvestris - bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat

cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, puma, catamount, panther, painter - large American feline resembling a lion

Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat - nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat - long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat

caffer cat, Felis ocreata, kaffir cat - widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor

Felis chaus, jungle cat - small Asiatic wildcat

Felis serval, serval - slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat

Felis bengalensis, leopard cat - small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia

Felis tigrina, tiger cat - medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat

Felis wiedi, margay, margay cat - small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil

Felis manul, manul, Pallas's cat - small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia

catamount, lynx - short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur

unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"

unofficial - not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"

explorative, exploratory - serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaisance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"