Nautical equivalent of ceiling

Letters, numbers, and other symbols placed on cargo packages to facilitate identification. Also known as marks.

The distance a boat can move around its anchor. Swinging room is important because if other boats or objects are within a boat's swinging circle they may collide.

Is singular for media and is the material...paper, wire, cellulose or a combination... from which the filter element is made and which does the actual filtration or separation.

A Customs document permitting the holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries (for display, demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds. Any of various Customs documents required for crossin ...

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

Polaris, the North Star, is visible in the northern hemisphere and indicates the direction of north. In the southern hemisphere the Southern Cross is used to find the direction of south.

A knot used to tie two lines together.

An ornamental carved and painted figure on the stem of the vessel.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

Line led forward, from quarter of a vessel, to prevent her from moving astern.

A rail around the mast or on the bulwarks with holes for belaying pins to which lines or halyards are attached.

A boat that is comfortable in rough weather.

Person given a passage in one of H.M. ships; usually on compassionate grounds.

Abbreviation for "Over, Short or Damaged" Usually discovered at cargo unloading.

An instrument that can be modified or cancelled at any moment without notice to and agreement of the beneficiary, but customarily includes a clause in the credit to the effect that any draft negotiated by a bank prior to the receipt of a notice of revocat ...

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

Is a positive displacement rotary compressor.

To make secure