The erection or superstructure fitted about amidship on the upper deck of a ship. The officer's quarters, staterooms and accommodations are usually in the bridge house.

Voyage made in varying directions. To sail in various directions for pleasure, in search, or for exercise.

On wooden boats, a line of planking running from the bow to the stern along the hull.

A market in which prices are rising and in which investor confidence in the continuation of rising.

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 ...

A large net with its mouth held open, towed by a trawler along the bottom to catch bottom fish.

The vacancy where an electron would normally exist in a solid; behaves like a positively charged particle.

The value of funds returnable to the insured from the insurer upon the surrender of a cash value.

The individual or firm that issues a draft and thus stands to receive payment.

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

The difference between (i) turnover and (ii) the cost of making a product or providing a service,.

A solar collector in which the absorber is contained in a sealed glass tube, thereby providing for relatively high temperature heat gain.

Usual and accustomed speed.

Said of anchor when it lifts clear of the bottom.

The part of a ship's rigging which is permanently secured and immovable; e.g. stays, shrouds, etc.

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

That amount of time that a carrier's equipment may be used without incurring additional charges. (See Storage, Demurrage or Per Diem.)

An endowment policy in which the savings element is significantly.

When a boat has two separate fins, instead of a centerboard or keel, they are referred to as bilge boards.

In lore, the flag flown by a pirate ship - a white skull on a black background with crossed bones below the skull - although there is no evidence that such a flag was ever flown.