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Completely filled with water.

Category:Sea Words

A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.

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A measurement of atmospheric conditions aloft, above the effective range of a surface weather observation. Elements evaluated include temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and wind direction.

Category:Meteorology

A seat or brace running laterally across the width of a rowing boat.

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The direction, with respect to true north, from which the wind is blowing. Distinguish from magnetic wind direction. In all standard upper-air and surface weather observations, it is true wind direction that is reported.

Category:Meteorology

The oily condensate discharged by lubricated air compressors. The name is derived from the appearance of the condensate. Under normal conditions oily condensate should just be cloudy, like a small amount of milk in a bucket of water. When a lubricated com ...

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A method of drying natural gas.

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LMC

Lloyds Machinery Certificate

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On or in a ship.

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The rate of energy transfer equivalent to one ampere under an electrical pressure of one volt. One watt equals 1/746 horsepower, or one joule per second. It is the product of Voltage and Current (amperage).

Category:Energy Terms

A generic term for any machine that enables a human being to communicate with a computer.

Category:Meteorology

To make secure

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Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors

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Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.

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An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.

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An expression describing a sailing ship set with every sail she can carry.

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A sinusoidal quantity having a frequency that is an integral multiple of the frequency of a periodic quantity to which it is related.

Category:Energy Terms

Fuels that cannot be easily made or "renewed," such as oil, natural gas, and coal.

Category:Energy Terms

(1) To bind a line with marline, cord, twine, wire, or other "small stuff" to prevent accidental opening or unraveling (2) To freeze up, as a valve.

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Fog over land caused by condensation of vapor in the air above cooler ground.

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