Wind-bound. When a vessel is kept in port by a head wind.

An occasional sprinkling dashed from the top of a wave by the wind, or by its striking an object.

Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.

A ship owned and armed by a private individual that is empowered by a government to fight with enemy ships and capture enemy shipping in time of war.

A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

Is the total pressure (static plus velocity) at the inlet flange of the compressor.

The penalty a seller must pay if the construction project does not meet contractual standards or deadlines.

Loss of effective propeller thrust caused by the blades cutting across the column of water sucked along by the propeller instead of working in it. Can also lead to heavy vibration of the vessel.

The actual work required to compress and deliver a given gas quantity, including all thermodynamic, leakage and fluid friction losses. It does not include mechanical losses.

Chemical species slated to replace CFCs in the near future.

A written agreement between the master of a ship and the crew concerning their employment. It includes rates of pay and capacity of each crewman, the date of commencement of the voyage and its duration.

Reservation number used to secure equipment and act as a control number prior to completion of a B/L.

The relative humidity of a gas (or air) vapor mixture is the ratio of the partial pressure of the vapor to the vapor saturation pressure at the dry bulb temperature of the mixture.

Unit of highway motive power used to pull one or more trailers/containers.

On older sailing ships, an additional lateen shaped mizzen sail carried on the fourth mast, known as a bonaventure mizzen.

To abandon a ship at sea; to place people in a ship's boat or raft and leave them.

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 horizontal movement of the water due to tide

The assembly connecting the crankcase and connecting rod to the cylinder head and piston rod for translating circular to linear motion.

Torsional moment or couple. It usually refers to the driving couple of a machine or motor.