A water and energy conserving device that limits the amount of water that a faucet or showerhead can deliver.

Old expression for the engraving of the wind-rose on charts.

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Noise which is varying in level rising and falling. For the purpose of this Code it may be taken to mean fluctuations in excess of the steady noise as defined in 1.4.31 and excludes impulse noise as defined in 1.4.14.

The structure (in a residential heating appliance, industrial furnace, or power plant) into which combustion gases flow and are contained until they are emitted to the atmosphere.

The gas resulting from the combustion of a fuel that is emitted to the flue.

The practice of installing blow-in, loose-fill insulation at a lower density than is recommended to meet a specified R-Value.

A type of furnace or reactor in which fuel particles are combusted while suspended in a stream of hot gas.

(1) The portion of an anchor that digs securely into the bottom, holding the boat in place. (2) The two triangular parts which make up a whale's tail.

Said of a wind when it is light and variable in direction, not blowing steadily from any direction.

The conversion of electric power to visible light by using an electric charge to excite gaseous atoms in a glass tube. These atoms emit ultraviolet radiation that is absorbed by a phosphor coating on the walls of the lamp tube. The phosphor coating produc ...

A deck whose top side is flush.

A circulation process designed to remove contamination.

The wind direction indicator on the masthead.

The fine particulate matter entrained in the flue gases of a combustion power plant.

Fast boat used for passenger and cargo traffic in fairly sheltered waters.

In sailboat racing, to take to opposite tack of the rest of the fleet when behind, hoping that the wind will shift to your benefit.

The highest navigation bridge. It usually includes an added set of controls above the level of the normal control station for better visibility.

Old legend of a Dutch skipper who, in a strong gale, swore by Donner and Blitzen that he would beat into Table Bay in spite of God's wrath. His ship foundered and he was condemned to go on sailing eternally in his attempt to reach Table Bay. There was a s ...

The total amount of water transferred to the atmosphere by evapotranspiration.