The lines that lead from the clew of the jib to the cockpit and are used to control the jib.

A document allowing beneficiaries to vary the gifts specified in someone's will even after the.

(ERISA)In the US, a federal law introduced for the protection of participants in private pension.

A safe anchorage, protected from most storms; may be natural or man-made, with breakwaters and jetties; a place for docking and loading.

A general term for instruments which sample atmospheric suspensoids by impaction. Same as impactometer.

The total amount of electric energy loss in an electric system between the generation source and points of delivery.

A pointed device which indicates the amount of resistance encountered when it is forced into a material such as snow or soil. See ram penetrometer.

An instrument for the measurement of the net flux of downward and upward total (solar and terrestrial) radiation through a horizontal surface.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel, train, truck, or airplane or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel, train, truck, or airplane.

An indicator that signals pressure conditions.

An elementary particle of an atom with a negative electrical charge and a mass of 1/1837 of a proton; electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of an atom and determine the chemical properties of an atom.

A precipitation gauge consisting of a receiver in the shape of a funnel which empties into a bucket mounted upon a weighing mechanism. The weight of the catch is recorded as inches of precipitation.

Life insurance in which the death benefit decreases over the term of the policy although the.

A temporary injunction against ships or cargo to prevent their arrival or departure in time of war.2. Order to restrict the hauling of freight.

A device to record temperature in a container while cargo is en route.

Income received from property letting is subject to income tax. The amount taxable is the amount.

An item such as a nail, screw, rivet or other device used to fasten objects together.

The actual time during which physical events take place.