A squally wind sometimes accompanied by rain, observed as a dark cloud stretched across the horizon.

A mortgage where regular payments (usually monthly) only meet the interest requirements. The.

Ratio of the pressure of a gas to its critical pressure, in like units.

A corrosion test involving exposureof specimens at controlled levels of humidity and temperature. Contrast with salt-fog test.

The sum of the sensible and latent heat in a substance or fluid above a base point, usually 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Possible New Construction.

A protocol similar to RS232 which makes use of differential transmission to provide high speed data transmission over significantly longer distances.

Artificial aging in which a constituent precipitated from a supersaturated solid solution.

Break horse power

Liquid water at temperatures colder than freezing.

Short shrouds which give support to the top of a lower mast.

A ring or hoop of metal.

Steel wire, used to support over-the-side sampling apparatus

The property that enables a material to undergo permanent deformation without rupture.

A light spar set fore and aft on a boat, serving as a spread for the boat cover.

Foreign Military Financing

is the design (built-in) compression ratio for a rotary unit having this feature

Sailor's term for soot or ashes which sometimes fell into food while it was being cooked.

See calorie.

An instrument used to measure changes in the level of the water in an evaporation pan. The gauge is normally placed in a Stillwell and adjusted so that the point of the hook just breaks the water surface. The change in water level is read on the attached ...