A filter element so full of contaminants that no longer can pass rated flow without excessive pressure differential.

A complete package of pick up or delivery services performed by a carrier from origin to final consumption point.

A small buoy that is used to mark the position of an anchor. It is attached to the base or crown of an anchor and can be used to recover the anchor if it has to be cast adrift, or to trip it if it becomes wedged.

Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current

Sailor slang for marriage.

Port where cargo is discharged from means of transport.

Forcing material into the seams of the planks in a boat's deck or sides to make them watertight; the material itself. Oakum was once the material used for this purpose, and was then sealed with hot pitch to prevent it from rotting. Today there are polymer ...

The alternate rise and fall of the bow of a vessel proceeding through waves.

Part of a ship/s side projecting upwards along the line of the weather deck or uppermost deck.

An indicator which signals the difference in pressure between any two points of a system or a component.

A draft payable on demand upon presentation.

A draft that matures either a certain number of days after acceptance or a certain number of days after the date of the draft.

The Roman god of the sea, associated with Salacia, the goddess of Salt Water.

A change in the wind direction.

A unit of pressure used with vacuum pumps, equal to 1mm of mercury and 133.32 Pascal's.

A navigational aid used in the United States and Canada to mark a channel. Green triangular daymarks should be kept on the left when returning from a larger to smaller body of water.

A Latin term meaning "For the sake of form."

Vessel or vessels of practically any size or type.

A short spar under the cap of the bowsprit used for holding down a jib boom.