Plant-like organisms with cells with distinct nuclei surrounded by nuclear membranes, incapable of photosynthesis. Fungi are decomposers of waste organisms and exist as yeast, mold, or mildew.

A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.

Aqueous solution that contains 1 mole (gram-molecular weight) of solute in 1 L of the solution.

Precipitation of white, opaque, spherical or conical ice particles that are crisp and easily crushed and that have diameters of 2 to 5 mm.

International Association of Independent Tanker Owners

The risk that a buyer or seller will not complete a deal due to their inability to meet their obligations, or a deterioration in their financial position.

The ratio of the actual water-vapor partial pressure to its saturation pressure at the same temperature. (considered only with atmospheric air).

A mortgage which carries priority over any subsequent mortgages if the borrower goes into default.

To coil flat down on deck, each fake outside the other, beginning in the middle and all close together.

The settings on a pressure switch used to either load or unload the air compressor on a constant speed application, or start or stop the compressor on a start/stop application. The cut out pressure is also known as the maximum pressure, or the point at wh ...

The raising of capital by a borrower from his existing mortgage lender.

A bond, issued by a highly regarded company or municipal authority with a rating of AAA or.

Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

An elongated area of relatively high pressure. Usually associated with and most clearly identified as an area of maximum anticyclonic curvature of the wind flow. The opposite of a trough.

Area of high barometric pressure where the wind circulates clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. These are fair weather systems with light or moderate winds.

The force per unit area acting on the surface of a solid boundary parallel to the flow.

In charting, a short-lived reversal of an upward trend, catching out bears and shorters who were.

Sailing with the motor on and in gear

Release of contained gas in the vaccum of outer space. eg. rapid destructive expansion of plastics and similar materials.

The transducer of any hygrometer, i.e. that part of a hygrometer that quantitatively "senses" atmospheric water vapor.