The process of converting municipal solid waste to energy and/or recovering materials for recycling.

A draft payable on demand upon presentation.

Same as precipitation-evaporation ratio.

The vacancy where an electron would normally exist in a solid; behaves like a positively charged particle.

A term used to cover all of the anchor gear.

The bank that issues a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Importer.

A bulkhead placed athwartships.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

The Roman god of the sea, associated with Salacia, the goddess of Salt Water.

The highest possible pressure in a fuel-air mixture before spontaneous ignition occurs.

A term used to describe a technologically advanced window system that contains glazing that can change or switch its optical qualities when a low voltage electrical signal is applied to it, or in response to changes in heat or light.

A four-sided option spread that involves a long call and a short put at one strike price as well as.

(EIS) The Enterprise Investment Scheme is a UK tax incentive scheme designed to encourage investors to.

See foehn.

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

A knot with two half hitches loops - on the standing part of the line.

Vessel or vessels of practically any size or type.

(1) To fill a space (room) with water; (2) A rising tide.

The essential fittings and equipment of a ship, such as anchors, rigging, masts, davits, derricks, winches, etc., excluding her consumable stores such as water, fuel and victuals.

A short spar under the cap of the bowsprit used for holding down a jib boom.