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BSFC: Brake Specific Fuel Consumption in g/kWh

British standard pipe parallel.

British standard pipe tapered.

Berth Terms

Bow Thruster

Bottom

Brussels Tariff Nomenclature

British Thermal Unit

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.

(Bridging loan) (Bridging loan) The phenomenon of rising share prices amid a mood of general euphoria, leading (inevitably,.

In spray painting applications, air trapped in a paint film caused by poor atomization during spraying.

Moving belt which brings a continuous supply of buckets loaded with bulk commodities.

Slang term for a disreputable brokerage.

A water-temperature thermometer provided with an insulated container around the bulb. It is lowered into the sea on a line until it has had time to reach the temperature of the surface water, then withdrawn and read. The insulated water surrounding the bu ...

Directly or indirectly taking the opposite side of a customer's order into the handling broker's own.

Blocks of wood made to fit in the hawse-holes, or holes in the half-ports, when at sea. Those in the hawse-holes are sometimes called hawse-blocks.

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

A bank account set up to control a person's regular expenditure. The account would typically.

The gap between government spending and revenue and thus the amount that needs to be borrowed. .