The interest rate earned on money placed on deposit with banks and financial institutions.

The study of the earth's waters.

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

A sea running in a direction contrary to the wind, which can be confused and dangerous.

The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, i.e, the invoiced weight.

Liabilities that may or may not be incurred by a company and which depend on the outcome of say a.

The index of the share prices of over 800 leading companies and investment trusts on the London.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).

See: contingency.

The buying or selling of underlying instruments such as commodities, securities and currencies etc.

Two lines spliced together to form an eye.

A breakwater used as a landing pier.

To cause a break in the hull which may sink the vessel; the vessel is then called stove.

An untidy loose end of a rope (or rags).

Low or medium Btu content gas, composed mainly of carbon monoxide, nitrogen(2), and hydrogen(2) made by the gasification of wood or coal.

The German central.

A computerised payment system for clearing cheques in the.

The approach to investing which aims to invest in fast-growing companies which are rapidly.

When flogging a seaman, to run the fingers through the Cat-O'-Nine-Tails after each stroke to separate the strands in preparation for the next stroke.

The total pressure minus the static pressure in an air or gas stream.