A class of power generator that is not a regulated utility and that has generating plants for the purpose of supplying electric power required in the conduct of their industrial and commercial operations.

A small crane that projects over the side of the boat to raise or lower objects (such as smaller boats) from or to the water.

Not Required.

Nickname for a ship's cooper.

Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.

Official terminology for life jacket. When properly used a PFD will support a person in the water. Also called a life jacket, life preserver or life vest.

Inter-Island Service in the Comoros.

The upper surface of a column of liquid.

Facing away from the wind.

The space within a building or structure that is normally occupied by people, and that may be conditioned (heated, cooled and/or ventilated).

Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.

The voiding of a buy or sell.

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.

The coldest months of the year; months where average daily temperatures fall below 65 degrees Fahrenheit creating demand for indoor space heating.

Nautical name for an anchor. Originally, was a stone used as an anchor.

A heating system, such as a solar water heater or geothermal heatpump, in which the working fluid is heated and used directly; in an open-loop solar system, the domestic water is circulated in the collector loop.

On square-rigged ships, the blocks attached to those yards on which studdingsails were set.

A lubricating oil made with synthetic base stocks.

When the stock market opens above or below the close on the previous day, this is known as a.

See standard atmosphere.