Devices that may be used to position the impeller or to protect the shaft.

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.

An office of the Supreme Court whose function is to manage and administer the property and affairs.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a trade was executed in one currency but.

The difference between the selling price of an item and the purchase or manufacturing cost,.

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.

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.

A hard-chined dinghy with flared sides, considered a useful weight-carrying work boat.

A pillar or handhold on a boat - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

Sailor's slang for anchor.

On a square-rigged ship, the act of lowering a spar or yard to the deck.

To change a boat's direction, bringing the bow through the eye of the wind.

The requirement that an electric power utility generate or purchase a specified percentage of the power it supplies/sells from renewable energy resources, and thereby guarantee a market for electricity generated from renewable energy resources.

Resistance to flow. Defined as the difference in pressure upstream and downstream.

A particular type of order which a client gives to his broker when buying shares.

A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

A single masted cutter built expressly for the prevention of smuggling and the enforcement of customs regulations.

Insurance provided for company employees by employers. Items covered may include health insurance,.

Division of the circumference of the magnetic compass card into thirty-two points, each of 11

Is a process taking place under constant temperature. To compress the gas from state 1 to state 2, heat must be removed to keep the temperature constant. The pressure change is reciprocal to the change in specific volume.