A temperature-sensing element which converts thermal energy directly into electrical energy. In its basic form it consists of two dissimilar metallic conductors connected in a closed loop. Each junction forms a thermocouple. If one thermocouple is maintai ...

The most common type of sail used today, a triangle-shaped mainsail defined by the mast and one horizontal boom perpendicular to the mast.

Expenses incurred by a person whilst carrying out duties at work, which are 'approved' by the tax.

Is the property of a substance that gauges the potential or driving force for the flow of heat.

A prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars.

A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through.

A gigantic sea animal.

The wind speed with 50 percent probability of occurring.

A room heat delivery (or exchanger) component of a hydronic (hot water or steam) heating system; hot water or steam is delivered to it by natural convection or by a pump from a boiler.

A common unit used in measurement of atmospheric pressure. Defined as that pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at standard gravity and a temperature of 0'C.

Person In Charge

Twenty Foot (Container) Equivalent

Change from a run to a reach

The condition of the atmosphere when the amount of water vapor present is the maximum possible at the existing temperature.

The process of breaking down organic material; reduction of the net energy level and change in physical and chemical composition of organic material.

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.

Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System. National Weather Service flood warning program.

An apparatus consisting of a small, polished, stainless steel cup placed in a container into which is passed the sample gas. The temperature of the polished surface is lowered by immersing dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) in an acetone solution contained in ...

A market in which sellers outnumber buyers and where the trend of share prices is consequently a.

A chemical compound with one or more carboxyl radicals (COOH) in its structure; examples are butyric acid, CH3(CH2)2COOH; maleic acid, HOOCCH-CHCOOH; and benzoic acid, C6H5COOH.