Abbreviation for "Bales."

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

A mutual fund which invests solely in common stocks of.

Froth of sea foam.

elegant, luxurious. Originally an acronym for Port Over Starboard Home. Created by British travelers to India or Australia, describing the preferred accommodations aboard ship, which lessened effects of the tropical sun on the cabins during the voyage.

The imaginary line running from bow to stern along the middle of the boat.

A stationary element between stages of a multistage centrifugal compressor. It may include guide vanes for directing the flowing medium to the impeller of the succeeding stage. in conjunction with an adjacent diaphragm, it forms the diffuser surrounding t ...

See 'occupational pension.

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Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal spars called yards. A sailing-ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.

A securities market in which the difference between bid and offer prices is narrow and which.

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

The opening between the jib and the mainsail. Wind passing through this opening increases the pressure difference across the sides of the mainsail, helping to move the boat forward.

An official signature or seal affixed to certain documents by the consul of the country of destination.

Pipe-bundle also called umbilical stalk, which bundles together different supply pipes like air, fresh water, electrical power, communicative signal pipes, through which the underwater working unit obtains the supplies from the base above water or underwa ...

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

An anchor which has become entangled with some object on the bottom, or, on weighing, has it's rode or chain wound around its stock or flukes.

To put out a mooring, hawser or line from a ship to a point of attachment outside her.

An organisation whose aim is to provide help for the needy. Trusts which are registered with the.

Steel section running along the length of each bottom edge of a shipping container giving its structural strength.