Joining the ends of two lines without increasing the thickness over the length of the splice, so that the splice will pass freely through a block.

The meridian from which longitude is measured eastwards or westwards. The longitude of the prime meridian, passing through Greenwich, England, is 0

An all around white light displayed at night by a ship when she is anchored.

Crew store managed by crew members offering everything from snacks to toiletries. Originally the name given to clothing that was issued to seamen.

A recess into the keel or a framework fixed to the keelson in which the mast is placed

The ratio of heat produced by a fuel for doing work to the available heat in the fuel.

A standard numerical code used by the U.S. Government to classify products and services.

(CBI) An independent non-profit making, non party political organisation which represents the interests.

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

A moveable or fixed heater used to heat individual rooms.

In the US, a tax imposed by the federal government or state on the net value of a deceased person's.

The operation of swinging round, by means of braces, the yards of a square rigged ship to set the sails more efficiently to the wind.

A body of water used to cool the water that is circulated in an electric power plant.

This committee has legislative jurisdiction and general and special oversight and investigative authority on all matters relating to energy and environmental research and development and demonstration.

Taxes which are imposed directly on the individual paying them. Examples of direct taxation are.

The officer in charge of the watch.

Preferred stock with dividend payment priority following a missed dividend payment. This amount.

An announced warning of an approach of a storm.

The study of the earth's waters.

Division of the circumference of the magnetic compass card into thirty-two points, each of 11