The farthest aft.

Payroll Change Report.

Nautical Institute Headquarters, London

A place not suitable for anchoring.

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water equals 32

The illuminating power of a standard candle employed as a unit for determining the illuminating quality of an illuminant.

Cooking liquor from the kraft pulping process produced by recausticizing green liquor with lime.

A passive or mechanical device used to ventilate an attic space, primarily to reduce heat buildup and moisture condensation.

Forming austenite by heating a ferrous alloy into the transformation range (partial austenitizing) or above the transformation range (complete austenitizing). When used without qualification, the term implies complete austenitizing.

In square-rigged vessels, short lines at the lower end of the futtock shrouds used to bring in the shrouds tighter to give room to brace the yards at a sharper angle when sailing close hauled.

Universal Resource Locator

A notice sent to a local or foreign buyer advising that shipment has gone forward and containing details of packing, routing, etc. A copy of the invoice is often enclosed and, if desired, a copy of the bill of lading.

A condition in which the interfacial tension between a liquid and a solid is such that the contact angle is 0

Salt Water Arrival Draft

Calculation of a loss by an average adjuster.

A term used on occasions in life assurance policy documents, which indicates that the assured has.

See conductivity.

A building construction technique used to create a continuous air retarder that uses the drywall, gaskets, and caulking. Gaskets are used rather than caulking to seal the drywall at the top and bottom. Although it is an effective energy-saving technique, ...

The size of a flaw (defect) in a structure that will cause failure at a particular stress level.

Lower explosive limit (lower flammable limit)