A statement listing the particulars of all shipments loaded for a specified voyage.

A familiar dish at sea before refrigeration was available. It was a stew of salt meat, broken biscuit, potatoes, onions and available spices.

Fabricated as a single structure.

A type of solar photovoltaic device made in a continuous process of pulling material from a molten bath of photovoltaic material, such as silicon, to form a thin sheet of material.

People or companies who are owed money by.

Dividends, paid by UK companies to other companies (for example, investment trusts), with a tax.

Is the total pressure (static plus velocity) at the inlet flange of the compressor.

A warehouse authorized by Customs to receive duty-free merchandise.

A draft that matures at a fixed or determinable time after presentation or acceptance.

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

A valve which connects the high pressure side of a compressed air system to the suction side and is adjusted so as to maintain a specific pressure on the suction side by controlled bleeding of hot gas to the suction side.

A popular term used to describe the heating effect due to the trapping of long wave (length) radiation by greenhouse gases produced from natural and human sources.

An electric current taking a shorter or different path than intended.

The total electrical power input to a compressor, including drive motor, cooling fan, motors, controls, etc.

The spontaneous chipping, fragmentation, or separation of a surtace or surface coating.

A line drawn through geographical points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date.

Legislation authorizing a U.S. biomass and alcohol fuel program, and that authorized loan guarantees and price guarantees and purchase agreements for alcohol fuel production.

See: 'scrip.

To trim the sheets in.

The practically steady winds blowing toward the equator, N.E. in the northern and SE. in the southern hemisphere.