The compass points of North, East, South and West. Intercardinal or half-cardinal points are Southeast, Southwest, Northwest and Northeast

Is the pressure existing at a given temperature in a closed vessel containing a liquid and the vapor from that liquid after equilibrium conditions have been reached. It is dependent only on temperature and must be determined experimentally.

International Labor Organization; Based in Geneva, it is one of the oldest components of the UN system of specialized agencies and has been involved over the years in appraising and seeking to improve and regulate conditions for seafarers. In its unusual ...

A method of preventing the ends of a line from unlaying or fraying by turns of small stuff, stout twine or seizing wire with the ends tucked.

Bareboat (Method of chartering of the ship leaving the charterer with almost all the responsibilities of the owner.)

Standard pressure and temperature. See standard air.

Insufficient number of crew; shorthanded.

The line by which a boat is connected to a mooring buoy; a short rope hanging from a spar having at its free end a spliced thimble or a block. Sometimes called "Pennant".

In navigation, the angle between the point at which the sun rises and sets and the true east and west points of the horizon.

An enterprise in which there is a risk of loss.

A mythical creature, half human and half fish.

The distance between a rope's adjacent strands, giving a measure of the tightness of the lay. The shorter the distance, the harder the lay. When a line has been overused and the lay has become slack, it is said to be slack-jawed.

Thread - Unified national coarse.

Metal or wooden peg inserted in gunwale of a boat for an oar to heave against when rowing without crutch or rowlock.

The person who is in charge of a vessel and legally responsible for it and its occupants.

The distance between the water level at chart datum and an overhead obstacle such as a bridge or power line.

A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors. Characterized by having its flow in the axial direction.

An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, thi ...

A term indicating a temperature relationship between two temperatures or temperature variation between two points.