An order in writing by one party to another party to pay a specified sum to a third party or bearer.

The succession of stages through which water passes on the ground and in the atmosphere: evaporation from land or bodies of water, condensation to form clouds, precipitation, accumulation in the soil or in bodies of water, and re-evaporation.

Moving through the water.

To leak; take in water.

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An architectural design invented by Buckminster Fuller with a regular polygonal structure based on radial symmetry.

A positive displacement air compressor which has no oil injected into the compression chamber for lubrication, cooling or sealing

See Multiple Containerload Shipment.

Electrical energy lost due to inherent inefficiencies in an electrical transmission and distribution system under specific conditions.

Surface on which the bearing seal rides in an oil lubricated tailshaft bearing.

Remove a boat from the water.

Waste waters containing fetid materials, usually sulfur compounds.

Pressure

Rapid Response Damage Assessment.

ACRONYM - National Electrical Code

The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Same as watershed.

Also known as the square knot, it is formed by two half hitches in which the ends always fall in line with the outer parts. This knot is used to loosely tie lines around the bundles of sail that are not in use after reefing.

A collective investment scheme which relies on currency trading for its.

Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships.

A hydrometeor consisting of a visible aggregate of minute water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the earth's surface. Fog differs from cloud only in that the base of fog is at the earth's surface while clouds are above the surface.