A demand by a company to shareholders to pay a further instalment on partly paid.

Thames Oil Spill Cleaning Association

To coat a metal surface with zinc using any of various processes.

Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down. Also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing. A large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a scotchman.

The structural elements (walls, roof, floor, foundation) of a building that encloses conditioned space; the building shell.

Where a life company pays commission to an agent, the company does so on the proviso it will be.

Any coefficient used to calculate heat transmission by conduction, convection, or radiation through materials or structures.

The theory that certain days of the week, weeks of the month, and months of the year are more.

(FCM)In the US, an individual or organisation accepting orders to buy or sell futures contracts or.

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed.

Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (USCG).

A type of clutch which has a spring loaded jaw or detented rolling element to control torque in an assembly tool.

Communications Quality Improvement Team.

Same as dropsonde.

The amount payable by a life insurance company to the beneficiaries on the death of the insured (the.

The period of low energy demand, as opposed to maximum, or peak, demand.

Solid fuels made from primarily wood sawdust that is compacted under high pressure to form small (about the size of rabbit feed) pellets for use in a pellet stove.

A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution; The negative logarithm of the hydrogen-ion activity; it denotes the degree of acidity or basicity of a solution. At 25

A term used to describe the hot gas pressure on the outlet side of the refrigeration compression.