Abbreviation for "Inland Point Intermodal." Refers to inland points (non-ports) that can be served by carriers on a through bill of lading.

Material passed into the effluent stream composed of foreign materials incorporated into the filter medium.

To double a vessel's mooring lines.

A pneumatic device with a rotary output. Typically of a vane or rack-and-pinion construction.

Where documents presented by an Exporter under a Letter of Credit do not comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or are inconsistent with other documents presented.

The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.

To know and to be able to recite the points of a compass from north to south to north again, both clockwise and counter-clockwise.

Going sideways due to a current's set.

A machine which aspirates gas which has already been compressed and delivers the same at higher pressure.

A power plant that uses two thermodynamic cycles to achieve higher overall system efficiency; e.g.: the heat from a gas-fired combustion turbine is used to generate steam for heating or to operate a steam turbine to generate additional electricity.

An announced warning of an approach of a storm.

The soft sandstone block sailors use to scrub the deck, so-called, because seamen were on their knees to use it.

Very small wooden pail having one stave prolonged to form a handle. Used as a bailer in a boat.

is an ideal process that may be stopped and made to retrace its steps and restore to the systems or surroundings all work and heat previously removed. It is frictionless.

ACRONYM - British thermal unit. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit under set conditions of temperature and pressure.

A term used in options trading. It is a straddle using options with different exercise prices, where.

The ratio between a company's earnings (net profit after tax) and the net dividend paid to.

Precipitation of very small, white opaque particles of ice, fairly flat or elongated, with diameters less than 1 mm. The solid equivalent of drizzle.

Small, cake-shaped pieces of ice floating down rivers.

A development of the carrack, with the high forecastle eliminated.