A round wood plug inserted in a hole to cover a nail, screw, or bolt.

A sleeping berth or bed.

Built-in bed aboard ship.

Compartment for the storage of oil or other fuel.

An extra charge sometimes added to steamship freight rates; justified by higher fuel costs. (Also known as Fuel Adjustment Factor or FAF.)

A compartment in which fuel is stored; fuel consumed by the engines of a ship

Re-fueling the vessel.

Fuel consumed by the engines of a ship; compartments or tanks in a ship for fuel storage.

A Maritime term referring to Fuel used aboard the ship. Coal stowage areas aboard a vessel in the past were in bins or bunkers.

Thin cloth of woven wool in various colors used to make flags.

The capacity for floating.

A type of flag used to identify a boater's affiliation with a yacht club or boating organization.

An old seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter.

The rate at which a company is spending its cash reserves.

The maximum heat output (in Btu per hour) released by a burner with a stable flame and satisfactory combustion.

(1) Permanently damaging a metal or alloy by heating to cause either incipient melting or intergranular oxidation. See also over-heating. (2) In grinding, getting the work hot enough to cause discoloration or to change the microstructure by tempering or h ...

The temperature at which a material ignites.

A radar term for a single pulse of radio energy.

Maximum pressure a vessel, or air filter housing will withstand without bursting.

A set of electrical conductors, often on a backplane, that carry data and power signals among the various components of a computer.