A term used to cover all of the anchor gear.

Tuesday 29th October 1929 when stock prices on Wall Street.

Slang term for a disreputable brokerage.

A knot with two half hitches loops - on the standing part of the line.

(ICS)A compensation scheme for investors with operating rules set by the Financial Services Authority.

The bank that issues a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Importer.

An instrument for taking photographs of an image of the sun in monochromatic light.

Said of anchor when it lifts clear of the bottom.

An old expression meaning heartily or quickly.

A bulkhead placed athwartships.

The highest possible pressure in a fuel-air mixture before spontaneous ignition occurs.

The heat produced by combusting a specific quantity and volume of fuel in an oxygen-bomb colorimeter under specific conditions.

(DRP)A plan which allows private investors to reinvest cash dividends from their investments cheaply.

A unit of mass numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance. The gram-mote or gram-molecule is the mass in grams numerically equal to the molecular weight, i.e. a gram-mole of oxygen is 32 grams.

Same as precipitation-evaporation ratio.

A written agreement between the master of a ship and the crew concerning their employment. It includes rates of pay and capacity of each crewman, the date of commencement of the voyage and its duration.

Forcing material into the seams of the planks in a boat's deck or sides to make them watertight; the material itself. Oakum was once the material used for this purpose, and was then sealed with hot pitch to prevent it from rotting. Today there are polymer ...

An insulation product made of a fibrous material or plastic foams, pressed or extruded into board-like forms. It provides thermal and acoustical insulation strength with low weight, and coverage with few heat loss paths.

An agreement made in Bretton Woods, USA in 1944 which established a post war fixed currency rate.

modulated radiosonde-A radiosonde which transmits the indications of the meteorological sensing elements in the form of pulses spaced in time. The meteorological data are evaluated from the intervals between the pulses. Also called timeinterval radiosonde ...