The upper surface of a column of liquid.

A boat owner's private pennant.

Release of merchandise by a bank to a buyer while the bank retains title to the merchandise. The goods are usually obtained for manufacturing or sales purposes. The buyer is obligated to maintain the goods (or the proceeds from their sales) distinct from ...

An electrical inverter that inverts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity, and that uses another alternating current source, such as an electric power transmission and distribution network (grid), for voltage and frequency referenc ...

The storage of heat energy during utility off-peak times at night, for use during the next day without incurring daytime peak electric rates.

A halo consisting of a faint white circle passing through the Sun and running parallel to the horizon for as much as 360

Discountless and Non-Returnable Cargo and/or Ship Lost or Not Lost

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

An assembly, consisting of a vessel, electrodes, and an electrolyte, in which electrolysis can be carried out.

Sir Napier Shaw's name for the approximate absolute temperature scale,

A wall to prevent the spread of fire; usually made of non-combustible material.

A machine designed to drop and hoist the anchor. It has one or more cable lifters mounted on a horizontal shaft, each being fitted with a brake. The cable lifters are capable of being declutched from the prime mover. One or two warping ends may also be fi ...

Someone who becomes an account holder with a building society in the hope that they will benefit.

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

National Pollution Funds Center.

A security such as a bond or note with specified interest, representing a loan which is repayable at.

A list of navigational lights arranged in geographical order, giving the position and characteristics.

Iraqi Territorial Water Services.

The standard method for calculating residential cooling loads developed by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) based largely on the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and A ...

The process of the absorption of heat from one location and its transfer to another for rejection or recuperation.