A nonpolarizable electrode with a known and highly reproducible potential used for potentiometric and voltammetric analyses. See also calomel electrode.

An order to commence ship's work.

The labels placed on appliances to enable consumers to compare appliance energy efficiency and energy consumption under specified test conditions as required by the Federal Trade Commission.

A device that combines several separate communications signals into one and outputs them on a single line.

The process by which building societies and mutual insurers convert themselves from mutual.

The maximum rope speed (in meters per second) that the winch can maintain with the rope wound on the drum in a single layer, and with negligible tension on the rope, normally not more than 10% of the drum load.

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Loaded with more cargo than a ship can safely navigate with. Drunk.

The bottom of the mast, with a shape designed to fit into the mast step.

A letter of credit forwarded to the beneficiary by the advising bank without engagement on the part of the advising bank.

Same as 0.4535924277 kilograms.

An undertaking by a group of two or more people to be responsible, either individually or jointly,.

Originally, to suck rum from a coconut, the end of the nut resembling a monkey's face. Later, illicitly to suck spirit from a cask, usually through a straw. Also called Bleed the Monkey.

Health and Safety at Work Act

Removal of worn or damaged gear and the fitting of new gear in replacement.

In the context of a rights issue, the issue of shares at a price much lower than the current.

The stock markets of countries which have a low per head income compared with the developed world.

A dividend paid additionally to the normal dividend when profits of a company are particularly.

Bound together.