Freight that has not been called for or picked up by the consignee or owner.

Category:Sea Words

United Nations Convention on the Law Of the Sea

Category:Abbreviations

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Category:Abbreviations

Having no sails up. In heavy weather the windage of the mast and other spars can still be enough to move the boat.

Category:Sea Words

A warning from aloft (heads up).

Category:Sea Words

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

Category:Sea Words

On the lee side of an object, protected from the wind.

Category:Sea Words

To charge less than the proper amount.

Category:Sea Words

Corrosion that occurs under organic films in the form of randomly distributed threadlike filaments or spots. In many cases this is identical to filiform corrosion.

A house built into the ground or slope of a hill, or which has most or all exterior surfaces covered with earth.

Category:Energy Terms

Insufficient number of crew; shorthanded.

Category:Sea Words

Strong offshore current extending to the shore.

Category:Sea Words

A subsurface current in a surf.

Category:Sea Words

Not attached to the shore or the ground in any manner. Usually, but not necessarily, moving through or making way through the water.

Category:Sea Words

Said of a vessel when not at anchor, nor made fast to the shore, or aground.

Category:Sea Words

UNF

Thread - Unified national fine.

Category:Sea Words

To unfold or unroll a sail. The opposite of furl.

Category:Sea Words

A solar thermal collector that has an absorber that does not have a glazed covering. Solar swimming pool heater systems usually use unglazed collectors because they circulate relatively large volumes of water through the collector and capture nearly 80 pe ...

Category:Energy Terms

See principal stress (normal).

(1) A type of corrosion attack (deterioration) uniformly distributed over metal surface. (2) Corrosion that proceeds at approximately the same rate over a metal surface. Also called general corrosion.

This website uses cookies to manage authentication, navigation, and other functions. By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

a