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

Sailing upwind so close to the wind that the forward edge of the sail is stalling or luffing, reducing the power generated by the sail and the angle of heel. Also known as pinching.

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 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 type of schooner without a bowsprit.

A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.

Sailor's phrase for a seaman who has died.

A genoa jib. A large jib that overlaps the mast.

A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.

A measure of the efficiency of converting a fuel to energy and useful work; useful work and energy output divided by higher heating value of input fuel times 100 (for percent).

The equipment used to sail a boat, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks, etc.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

An instrument for determining the direction from which radio waves approach a receiver. It may consist of a manually operated direction indicator, or it may use a servo system to position the antenna automatically in the direction of the incident waves. T ...

The rate of heat flow required to maintain a specific indoor temperature; usually measured in Btu per hour.

A solar water or space-heating system in which solar energy is collected, and/or moved by natural convection without using pumps or fans. Passive systems are typically integral collector/storage (ICS; or batch collectors) or thermosyphon systems. The majo ...

An indicator that signals pressure conditions.

Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread (1.75 inch circumference). (Rope is measured by circumference, wire by diameter.)

Pounds.

An obsolete historical term usually applied to stress-corrosion crackling of brass.