A type of heating appliance similar to a fireplace, but much more efficient and clean burning. They are made of masonry and have long channels through which combustion gases give up their heat to the heavy mass of the stove, which releases the heat slowly ...

A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

A life insurance policy which often attaches to a company pension scheme. The member is typically.

(GTC)An order to a broker to buy or sell shares at a specified price which remains valid until cancelled.

See: 'tax.

See: 'term.

FLAG. Broker abbreviation indicating the country in which the vessel is registered. See also FOC.

A galvanic cell resulting from inhomogeneities between areas on a metal surface in an electrolyte. The inhomogeneities may be of physical or chemical nature in either the metal or its environment.

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

A space heating device that burns pellets; are more efficient, clean burning, and easier to operate relative to conventional cord wood burning appliances.

Solar collector thermal performance ratings based on collector efficiencies, usually expressed in Btu per hour for solar collectors under standard test or operating conditions for solar radiation intensity, inlet working fluid temperatures, and ambient te ...

A spread strategy that decreases the account's cash balance when it is established. A bull spread.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

A writ issued by a court; requires that specific things be done.

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Introducing nitrogen into the surface layer of a solid ferrous alloy by holding at a suitable temperature (below Ac1 for ferritic steels) in contact with a nitrogenous material, usually ammonia or molten cyanide of appropriate composition. Quenching is no ...

An instrument which measures the spectral distribution of the intensity of direct solar radiation.

The velocity of the gas in the passages between the filter units in the filter house of a gas filter.

(IOC)A type of futures or option order which gives the trading crowd one opportunity to take the other.