The practice of obtaining a crew by means of force. Crews were hard to get for long voyages, and when the unwilling shipmate regained consciousness, he found himself bound for some remote port, such as Shanghai. One who is forced to do something against h ...

A type of anaerobic digester that has a mechanical mixing system and where temperature and volume are controlled to maximize the anaerobic digestion process for biological waste treatment, methane production, and odor control.

A smokestack or flue for exhausting the products of combustion from a combustion appliance.

A radiosonde which is dropped by parachute from an aircraft for the purpose of obtaining soundings of the atmosphere below.

A type of modulation in which the frequency of a continuous radio carrier wave is varied in accordance with the properties of a second (modulating) wave.

The best of its type of fishing boat. Word originates from a time when the crew used to fish from the deck of a vessel. The best fisherman got the highest place on deck, up in the bow, so his line was the highest above the sea.

A graphical representation of stage or discharge at a point on a stream as a function of time.

A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline, or by tying around a bight in the line.

In the direction the wind is blowing. A boat sailing downwind, away from the wind source with the sails let out all the way, is running with the wind.

A mixture of substances that has a melting point lower than that of any mixture of the same substances in other proportions.

(1) The action of a line as it passes over the sheave of a block. (2) The act of easing away gently.

Some unit trusts offer a floor price and guarantee their bid price will not be allowed to fall.

The mark stencilled in and painted on a ship's side, designated by a circle and horizontal lines to mark the highest permissible load water lines under different conditions.

A term used to describe short and long-term affects on the Earth's climate as a result of human activities such as fossil fuel combustion and vegetation clearing and burning.

A buoy on the race course around which boats must turn.

An order issued by a seller against a purchaser; directs payment, usually through an intermediary bank. Typical bank drafts are negotiable instruments and are similar in many ways to checks on checking accounts in a bank.

A small groove scribed into the surface of a solar photovoltaic cell which is filled with metal for contacts.

A column of gas at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (32 degrees Fahrenheit and one atmosphere).

The monetary value of a fund, calculated by adding up the value of its underlying.

(HIT)A tax on gifts made by an individual in the seven years before death, and on the value of assets.