Investment jargon for not keeping all your eggs in one basket. Diversification implies that you.

A commitment made by a person to be answerable for the debts or liabilities of.

Polytetrafluorethylene.

A knot formed by taking the strands of the end of a line and tucking them over and under each other to prevent them from unraveling.

All naval officers with the rank of rear admiral (or its equivalent) and above.

A type of structural, insulated product with foam insulation contained between two facings of drywall, or structural wood composition boards such as plywood, waferboard, and oriented strand board.

The process of controlling indoor moisture levels and condensation.

A term used to describe solar thermal, central receiver, power systems, where an array of reflectors focus sunlight onto a central receiver and absorber mounted on a tower.

Long bars or bolts with a padlock on the end, on which iron shackles could slide, which were used on board ship to confine the legs of prisoners.

Straps to hook your feet under in cockpit when hiking out.

The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

The amount of work done in raising one pound one foot.

The lower or net heat of combustion for a fuel that assumes that all products of combustion are in a gaseous state. (See Net Heating Value below.)

A mutual fund which invests in bonds which may be government, municipal or.

A tax imposed on certain types of products including alcohol and tobacco which are produced in the.

A facility provided by banks enabling customers to conduct banking transactions through their.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

The gauge pressure at which a safety valve visibly and audibly opens or at setting which a relief valve discharges an unbroken stream of liquid.

A group of whales.

Location where cargo enters the care and custody of carrier.