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

Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

A particle of light that acts as an individual unit of energy.

People or companies who are owed money by.

If an employee incurs expenses wholly on behalf of his company which are not reimbursed, such.

A company which holds the majority of shares in its subsidiaries. Also known as the parent.

A harbor restriction placed on a ship which has an infectious disease on board, or which has arrived from a country where such a disease is prevalent. The crew may not go ashore until the ship is granted pratique.

A method of winds aloft observation in which the elevation and azimuth angles of a theodolite are read while visually tracking a pilot balloon. Balloon height data is estimated from assumed balloon ascension rates.

(1) A small wooden cask in which grog was carried. (2) A type of marine steam reciprocating engine where two engines were used together on the same propeller shaft.

The process of burning; the oxidation of a material by applying heat, which unites oxygen with a material or fuel.

The heat produced by combusting a specific quantity and volume of fuel in an oxygen-bomb colorimeter under specific conditions.

An agreement made in Bretton Woods, USA in 1944 which established a post war fixed currency rate.

The policy of selecting stocks for your portfolio partly on the grounds of the ethical or.

A Latin term meaning "For the sake of form."

A company which invests the funds of small private investors in a range of securities. This enables.

Sailor's name for a block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship; seamen had to get down on their knees to use them. Large holystones were known as "Bibles", while smaller blocks to reach awkward places were known as "Prayer Books" ...

To reduce or avoid the consumption of a resource or commodity.

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

A mercury barometer in which the tube is U-shaped and the upper and lower mercury surfaces have the same diameter.