The inability of a person or company to settle debts when they become.

Filter, Regulator and lubricator sometimes combined in one unit

The surroundings or conditions (physical, chemical, mechanical) in which a material exists.

That type of force that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of the same body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

Brittle failure by cracking under the combined action of tensile stress and corrosion in the presence of water and hydrogen sulfide. See also environmental cracking.

Deck supported by pillars, fastened to pontoons. The pontoons are half submerged during operations. Kept in position by anchors (or by dynamic positioning). Normally equipped with its own propulsion machinery.

Motor Lifeboat

Hauled out of the water for repairs or storage

A dinghy or raft that can be inflated for use or deflated for easy stowage.

The payment which investors have to pay to a broker to trade on margin, commonly used in trading.

A negatively charged ion.

(1) The edge where the deck joins the hull; top edge of bulwarks. (2) The railing around the deck.

The combined processes by which water is transferred from the earth's surface to the atmosphere: evaporation of liquid or solid water plus transpiration from plants.

An aviation weather forecast for a specific flight.

A protocol similar to RS232 which makes use of differential transmission to provide high speed data transmission over significantly longer distances.

Starboard

The two times of the year when the sun crosses the equator and night and day are of equal length; usually occurs on March 21st (spring equinox) and September 23 (fall equinox).

The voltage developed across a cell by the current flow through the resistance of the cell.

Illegal share dealings by employees of a company where they have used confidential.

Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through.