Originally meant "to stow cargo". Now, means "to search a ship carefully and thoroughly".

Options on the shares of companies. Equity options are traded in the UK at the London International.

A strong pair of iron, steel or wooden posts on a ship's deck, around which ropes or cables are wound and held fast.

A measure of the relative flame spread, and smoke development, from a material being tested. The flame spread rating is a single number comparing the flame spread of a material with red oak, arbitrarily given the number 100 and asbestos cement board with ...

The number of cycles through which an alternating current passes per second; in the U.S. the standard for electricity generation is 60 cycles per second (60 Hertz).

Is a unit of work equal to 33,000 foot pounds per minute, 550 foot pounds per second, or 746 Watts.

Similar to a Barber hauler, a twing adjusts the angle of sheeting.

Also known as deferred income and income.

A systematic summary of the terms (inflow, outflow, and storage) of the storage equation as applied to the computation of soil-moisture changes, ground-water changes, etc. An evaluation of the hydrologic balance of an area. Also called basin accounting, w ...

A heavy longitudinal timber placed over the keel in a ship's stern through which the propeller shaft passes.

A heating unit where heat is distributed by means of convection or fans.

To influence the demand on a power source.

A measure of the efficacy (efficiency) of lamps. It indicates the amount of light (lumens) emitted by the lamp for each unit of electrical power (Watts) used.

The exchange rate between two currencies, other than those that form a market's principal rates..

(DTB)The German derivatives exchange, where the bund, Euromark futures and Dax futures and options.

The study of waters (including oceans, lakes, and rivers) embracing either: (a) their physical characteristics, from the standpoint of the oceanographer or limnologist; or (b) the elements affecting safe navigation, from the point of view of the mariner. ...

Any and all forms of water particles, liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground.

When a boat has two separate fins, instead of a centerboard or keel, they are referred to as bilge boards.

A fishing vessel designed to tow a trawl for catching bottom fish.