A term applied to warm-air heating systems that deliver heated air to rooms by means of registers or baseboards located along exterior walls.

An angle or channel from deck beam to shell frame taking the place of a bracket.

See 'scrip.

Breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg.

(DMO) An Executive Agency of the Treasury, which has responsibility for issuing gilts to fund the.

A device for measuring the height of tide. It may be simply a graduated staff in a sheltered location where visual observations can be made, or it may consist of an elaborate recording instrument (sometimes called a marigraph) making a continuous graphic ...

See S&W

A form of wear in which seizing or tearing of the gear or bearing surface occurs.

Per Hatch Per Day

Energy that comes from splitting atoms of radioactive materials, such as uranium, and which produces radioactive wastes.

A framing of metal fitted over an opening in a deck, with glass or plexiglass inserted for the admission of light into a cabin, engine room, etc.

National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)

International Noxious Liquid Substances

Is the ratio of weight of vapor existing in a given space to the weight that would be present if the space were saturated at the space temperature.

The amount of kinetic energy gained by an electron when accelerated through an electric potential difference of 1 Volt; equivalent to 1.603 x 10

Above this pressure, the system may rupture or burst.

A traditionally shaped anchor having flukes perpendicular to the stock of the anchor and connected by a shank. These are less common than modern anchors such as the plow and lightweight anchors.

Catastrophic brittle failure of a normally ductile metal when in contact with a liquid metal and subsequently stressed in tension.

A light line used for hauling over a heavier rope or cable.

The recipient (typically a bank) to whom a garnishee order has been delivered.