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.

An inspection cover or port in an air receiver tank.

Sir Napier Shaw's name for the approximate absolute temperature scale,

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

The force that pulls a wind turbine blade, as opposed to drag.

Same as marine rainbow.

The purchase of a put with a high strike price against the sale of a put with a lower strike price.

A term used to describe the hot gas pressure on the outlet side of the refrigeration compression.

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread standard. A description of a specific pipe thread

The part on the object which is hauled upon.

Corrosion which is increased because of the abrasive action of a moving stream; the presence of suspended particles greatly accelerates abrasive action.See erosion-corrosion.

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A standard code used to represent data using 8 bits per character.

Recapitulation of the terms and conditions agreed

The arithmetic wind speed over a specified time period and height above the ground (the majority of U.S. National Weather Service anemometers are at 20 feet (6.1 meters).

Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.

The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in longterm contracts between the generator and a distributor or very large consumer of power.

An instrument which measures the scattering function of particles suspended in a medium in order to determine the visual range through the medium. See visibility meter.

A unit or measure of electricity supply or consumption of 1,000 Watts over the period of one hour; equivalent to 3,412 Btu.

Thames Oil Spill Cleaning Association

Deterioration of metals as a result of the metabolic activity of microorganisms.