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nounprolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
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- sea turbulent water with swells of considerable size
- tenant any occupant who dwells in a place
- weber a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
- kibble an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
- wb a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
- wildcatter an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
- oilman a person who owns or operates oil wells
- aquifer underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
- mother-in-law's tongue an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
- drilling platform drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially