A thermal storage wall is a south-facing wall that is glazed on the outside. Solar heat strikes the glazing and is absorbed into the wall, which conducts the heat into the room over time. The walls are at least 8 in thick. Generally, the thicker the wall, ...

The lowest temperature that can be obtained on a wet-bulb thermometer in any given sample of air. Obtained by evaporation of water (or ice) from the muslin wick. Used in computing dew point and relative humidity.

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

An aqueous solution containing one gram equivalent of the active reagent in 1L of the solution.

Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

A form of deterioration that is distributed more or less uniformly over a surface; See uniform corrosion.

A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

Said of a lighthouse not tended.

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. Small buoyant transmitter which should always remain afloat if the ship sinks, and send automatically a distress message via satellites.

International Monetary Fund.

Same as instrument shelter.

The operation of taking a sounding with the hand lead (to find bottom).

Call or put options on an index such as the Standard and Poor's 500 Index or the FTSE 100.

The sale (purchase) of a near month call option (put option) and the simultaneous purchase (sale) of.

A chemical process involving formation of a heterocyclic ring compound that contains at least one metal cation or hydrogen ion in the ring.

The minimum temperature shown by a minimum thermometer exposed in an open situation with its bulb at the level of the tops of the grass blades of short turf.

Localized corrosion frequently observed in oilwell tubing in which a circumfrential attack is observed near a region of metal "upset".

Ropes hung and used for assistance in ascending and descending.

a circular donut-shaped buoy designed to support a person in the water. It is attached to the vessel with a (floating) line so that the person can be hauled back to the boat.

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