The gingerbread woodwork on the stern of old sailing ships.

Touching or fast to the bottom.

Croatian Register of Shipping (Class Society)

Nautical name for an argumentative person.

A representative of a government commission or agency vested with power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, take testimony, and conduct hearings of cases submitted to, or initiated by, that agency. Also called Hearing Examiner.

See bimetallic thermometer.

Japanese tapered pipe thread (Male).

Wind with a speed between 4 and 27 knots (4 and 31 mph); Beaufort scale numbers 2 through 6.

The property of a material by virtue of which deformation caused by stress disappears upon removal of the stress. A perfectly elastic body completely recovers its original shape and dimensions after release of stress.

The payment of a regular income by a life company to an annuitant in exchange for a lump sum.

A metal plate fitting on the deck that can be opened to take on fuel or water

Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.

Federation of European Private Port Operators

In Water Survey

An opening; in solar collectors, the area through which solar radiation is admitted and directed to the absorber.

High Capacity Passenger Vessel

A change in dimensions directly proportional to and in phase with an increase or decrease in applied force.

Western Dredging Association

In reference to solid biomass fuels, such as wood, having zero moisture content.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote a trade generated by the system through automatic.