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(DMO) An Executive Agency of the Treasury, which has responsibility for issuing gilts to fund the.

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The process by which building societies and mutual insurers convert themselves from mutual.

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Numbers of large pieces of floating ice that have come together and lie more or less in contact.

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A strategy employed in a futures market to reduce risk.

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An angle piece fitted over the edge of boxes, crates, bundles and other packages to prevent the pressure from metal bands or other types from cutting into the package.

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A portable generator which can be attached to a refrigerated container to power the refrigeration unit during transit.

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A metal which because of its relative position in the galvanic series, provides sacrificial protection to metals that are more noble in the series, when coupled in an electrolyte.

Special Periodical Survey of Inert Gas System

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Downward-facing pyranometer used for measuring reflected solar radiation.

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Power generated by a utility unit that operates at a very low capacity factor; generally used to meet short-lived and variable high demand periods.

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MSL

Abbreviation for mean sea level.

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Canvas, wood or rope used over the side to protect a vessel from chafing when alongside another vessel or a dock.

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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

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Energy generated from an electromagnetic field produced by an electric current flowing through a superconducting wire kept at a specific low temperature.

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The labels placed on appliances to enable consumers to compare appliance energy efficiency and energy consumption under specified test conditions as required by the Federal Trade Commission.

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A pole used to assist in raising a tower.

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The maximum instantaneous wind speed (or velocity) that occurs within a specific period of time or interval.

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An apparatus, used in studying soil temperatures, for measuring the total supply of heat during a given period.

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A product of crude oil that is used for space heating, diesel engines, and electrical generation.

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A term used in banking which refers to settlement of payments between accounts both held at the same.

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