Standing or running (adjustable) wire rigging that supports the mast from the stern; a wire mast support leading aft to the deck or another mast

The line by which a boat is connected to a mooring buoy; a short rope hanging from a spar having at its free end a spliced thimble or a block. Sometimes called "Pennant".

The distance between a rope's adjacent strands, giving a measure of the tightness of the lay. The shorter the distance, the harder the lay. When a line has been overused and the lay has become slack, it is said to be slack-jawed.

Wind with a speed between 7 and 10 knots (8 and 12 mph), Beaufort scale number 3.

A type of combustion heating appliance in which the combustion gases are vented to the outside, either with a fan (forced) or by natural convection.

See gaseous corrosion.

A sea which is traveling in the opposite direction to that of the boat

National Weather Service. Administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Land Earth Station Operator

Manufacturing Technology Program.

Slang name for the Q Flag. Also an old term for yellow fever.

The lowest price at which a dealer or market maker will sell a.

Electrochemical system consisting of an anode and a cathode immersed in an electrolyte. The anode and cathode may be separate metals or dissimilar areas on the same metal. The cell includes the external circuit, which permits the flow of electrons from th ...

Environmental Protection Agency.

(ATM)Also known as cash dispenser. A computerised self service machine allowing the holder of an ATM.

The potential energy available in a fuel as received, taking into account the energy loss in evaporating and superheating the water in the fuel. Equal to the higher heating value minus 1050W where W is the weight of the water formed from the hydrogen in t ...

National Defense Reserve Fleet

A type of municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration facility in which MSW is burned with only minor presorting to remove oversize, hazardous, or explosive materials. Mass burn facilities can be large, with capacities of 3000 tons (2.7 million kg) of MSW pe ...

A yard or pole extending the head or foot of the topsail beyond the topmast or gaff of a gaff-rigged boat

A term indicating a temperature relationship between two temperatures or temperature variation between two points.