Blower.

Unjustified overtrading by a stockbroker or fund manager.

A defensive regulation which some stock exchanges have to limit the damage of a sharp fall in.

A rope used for additional support or for additional securing, e.g., preventer stay.

The Greek god of the sea.

Anything that is straightforward and easy.

1.Dead reckoning.2.Double Reduction.3. Dead Reckoning

A banking term which refers to the branch which accepts cheques to be credited to its customers'.

An allowable expense subtracted from gross income to reduce income tax liability. An exemption.

Place where cargo leaves the care and custody of carrier.

Sailing as close to the wind as possible with all sails full and drawing.

To take the opposite tack when sailing to windward with another yacht.

The removal of heat from the air or gas between stages.

See Door-to-Door.

The process of modifying the characteristics of electrical power (for e.g., inverting dc to AC).

The amount of solar radiation, both direct and diffuse, received at any location.

To gain hydrodynamic lift, causing the boat to lift, rising slightly out of the water so that it is gliding over the water rather than plowing through it, reaching speeds in excess of those normally associated with its waterline length.

Movement of crest of a progressive wave. Can also refer to radio waves.

A rail service whereby rail cars carry containers stacked two high on specially operated unit trains. Each train includes up to 35 articulated multi-platform cars. Each car is comprised of 5 well-type platforms upon which containers can be stacked. No cha ...

The highest temperature at which well-defined liquid and vapor states exist.