Stout line or cable fore and aft around the deck of the boat to keep crew from falling overboard.

A float with a flag at the top of a pole. Used to mark a position such as for a mooring, a race or a man overboard.

A flat tray, generally made of wood but occasionally of steel, on which goods particularly those in boxes, cartons or bags, can be stacked. Its purpose is to facilitate the movement of such goods, mainly by the use of forklift trucks.

Freight charges paid by the consignor (shipper) prior to the release of the bills of lading by the carrier.

To attach a line to something so that it will not move.

A coil of tungsten wire suspended in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb. When heated by electricity the tungsten "filament" glows.

An additional keel secured outside the main keel, usually as protection in the event of grounding.

Composite Meter Factor

Accelerated corrosion of a metal because of an electrical contact with a more noble metal or nonmetallic conductor in a corrosive electrolyte.

A seal used to prevent the leakage of fluids, and also maintain the pressure in an enclosure.

A passive solar heating system in which the sun warms a heat storage element, and the heat is distributed to the interior space by convection, conduction, and radiation.

A gas that does not react with other substances; e.g. argon or krypton; sealed between two sheets of glazing to decrease the U-value (increase the R-Value) of windows.

Time saved, reward for quick turnaround in dry cargo only.

The process of the absorption of heat from one location and its transfer to another for rejection or recuperation.

Balance of the water resources of a region, comparing precipitation and inflow with outflow, evaporation, and accumulation.

(1) Possessing a marked ability to accelerate the condensation of water vapor; applied to condensation nuclei composed of salts that yield aqueous solutions of a very low equilibrium vapor pressure compared with that of pure water at the same temperature. ...

Both a noun and a verb to describe the exterior surface of building elements (walls, floors, ceilings, etc.) and furniture, and the process of applying it.

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack

A solar energy conversion device that uses a trough covered with a highly reflective surface to focus sunlight onto a linear absorber containing a working fluid that can be used for medium temperature space or process heat or to operate a steam turbine fo ...

Any one of a family of circular arcs consisting of concentric colored bands, arranged from red on the inside to blue on the outside, which may be seen on a "sheet" of water drops (rain, fog, spray). The most common of the many possible is the primary rain ...