Underwriters Lab.

Touching or fast to the bottom.

Office of Naval Research

The amount of interest due on bonds and dividends due on cumulative preferred stock but as yet.

A person to whom an asset or right is.

Efficient Deck Hand.

The gingerbread woodwork on the stern of old sailing ships.

National Cargo Bureau

Single Anchor Leg Mooring

Same as balloon cover.

A movable plate used to control air flow; in a wood stove or fireplace, used to control the amount and direction of air going to the fire.

The ratio of light reflected by a surface to the light falling on it.

Corrosion occurring under or around a discontinuous deposit on a metallic surface. Also called poultice corrosion.

A device that converts the mechanical energy of rotation into electricity based on electromagnetic induction. An electric voltage (electromotive force) is induced in a conducting loop (or coil) when there is a change in the number of magnetic field lines ...

A component of a heating or ventilation appliance used to conduct fresh air into, or waste air or combustion gases out of, an appliance or interior space.

See 'automated teller.

Scavenging

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth. Standard density of dry air free of carbon dioxide (0

Describes the reliability of power plants. It refers to the number of hours that a power plant is available to produce power divided by the total hours in a set time period, usually a year.

Remedial Action Projects