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Readiness of cargo.

A sudden burst of wind stronger than the current wind conditions.

Category:Sea Words

A vehicle with an engine capable of operating on two different types of fuels.

Category:Energy Terms

A scheme set up to give limited protection to people with share and/or deposit accounts in.

Category:Financial Terms

A tax-efficient investment vehicle, designed to provide venture capital funds for small businesses..

Category:Financial Terms

Used with reference to charges assessed for cargo movement past a line-haul terminating point.

Category:Sea Words

A mutual organisation whose funds, after the deduction of running costs, are owned by its.

Category:Financial Terms

A device which converts energy from one form into another, i.e. an ac generator transducer which converts the mechanical motion of anemometer cups into an electrical signal.

Category:Meteorology

The part of a block which is opposite the swallow, which is where the line enters.

Category:Sea Words

Hit by a wave over the stern; having a wave wash over the stern of the boat. This can be a very dangerous situation.

Category:Sea Words

The amount of power density in sunlight received at the earth's surface at noon on a clear day (about 1,000 Watts/square meter).

Category:Energy Terms

A term used to describe solar thermal, central receiver, power systems, where an array of reflectors focus sunlight onto a central receiver and absorber mounted on a tower.

Category:Energy Terms

A component of a heat pump that reverses the refrigerant's direction of flow, allowing the heat pump to switch from cooling to heating or heating to cooling.

Category:Energy Terms

The tank of a water heater.

Category:Energy Terms

A four-sided option spread that involves a long call and a short put at one strike price as well as.

Category:Financial Terms

The level of a company's sales at which neither a profit nor a loss is.

Category:Financial Terms

That geographical belt located approximately in 40 degrees south latitude in which are encountered the prevailing or stormy westerlies.

Category:Sea Words

A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel. Sometimes called a screw.

Category:Sea Words

The deferment of certain loads to limit electrical power demand, or the production of energy during off-peak periods for storage and use during peak demand periods.

Category:Energy Terms

A circular projection of the sky vault onto a flat diagram used to determine solar positions and shading effects of landscape features on a solar energy system.

Category:Energy Terms