Ice in an area containing several small pieces of floating ice, but with total water area exceeding total area of ice.

To remove a reef from a sail and hoist the sail aloft

Insoluble material suspended in the lubricating oil. This material may come from contamination or oil degradation.

When a company announces a rights issue, existing shareholders get the right to buy new shares,.

Occurs whenever the system undergoes either a change in state or an energy transfer at a steady stare.

Material passed into the effluent stream composed of foreign materials incorporated into the filter medium.

A heavy longitudinal timber that angles upward from the stern to support the underside of the fantail.

The ratio of average energy demand (load) to maximum demand (peak load) during a specific period.

A preparatory order (wait

The assembly connecting the crankcase and connecting rod to the cylinder head and piston rod for translating circular to linear motion.

General term used to denote all activities connected with the catching of fish by any means.

GMT for short. Greenwich Meridian Time, also known as Universal Time or Zulu time. A time standard that is not affected by time zones or seasons. It is the time used by navigators in celestial navigation.

A person who arranges for transportation of loads for a percentage of the revenue from the load.

Categories of energy consumers, as defined by consumption or demand levels, patterns, and conditions, and generally included residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural.

A measure of the surface burning characteristics of a material.

Electromagnetic radiation whose wavelengths lie in the range from 0.75 micrometer to 1000 micrometers; invisible long wavelength radiation (heat) capable of producing a thermal or photovoltaic effect, though less effective than visible light.

Abbreviation for "Subject to Particular Average." See also Particular Average.

Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees.

See: 'scrip.