(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
broomshank
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
chimarikan
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
disworkmanship
earthmaking
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
feinschmecker
feinschmeckers
frankenmuth
gumpoldskirchner
hallmarking
hallmarking
noun
The action of making a hallmark
verb
present participle of hallmark
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
hankamer
hemikaryon
hieromonk
hieromonk
noun
A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
honeymoonstruck
hookerman
hormonelike
hormonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
humperdinck
hunkerism
hunkerism
noun
(US, politics) Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
hypokeimenometry
inkhornism
inkhornism
noun
(countable) An inkhorn term.
Pedantry.
kameelthorn
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
karmathian
karyenchyma
kashmirian
kechumaran
kermanshah
kermanshah
Proper noun
A city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran.
A province of Iran.
khwarazmian
kinchinmort
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kirmanshah
knorhmn
koorhmn
korhmn
kremenchug
krishnaism
krumhorn
krumhorn
noun
Alternative form of krummhorn
krummhorn
krummhorn
noun
A mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument.
A stop on an organ.
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
markgenossenschaft
marksmanship
marksmanship
noun
The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
marksmanships
marksmanships
noun
plural of marksmanship
marshbanker
matchmarking
meekheartedness
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
motherkin
motherkin
Noun
definition
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
nackenheimer
nkrumah
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
pharmacokinetic
pharmacokinetic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics.
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
phrasemaking
phrasemaking
noun
The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
ramakrishna
ramshackleness
ramshackleness
noun
Quality of being ramshackle.
rhymemaking
rockhampton
rockhampton
Proper noun
A village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Proper noun
A regional city of Queensland, Australia.
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
scrimshank
scrimshank
verb
(UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.
scrimshanker
scrimshanker
noun
(UK, military, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.
shakespeareanism
shakespeareanism
Noun
The devotion to or the teaching of the works and terminology of William Shakespeare.
A term coined by Shakespeare, or otherwise derived from his works.
Shakespeare's works collectively.
shakespearianism
shaksperianism
shirtmaking
shirtmaking
noun
the industry or practice of making shirts
skirmishing
skirmishing
noun
A brief battle; a skirmish.
verb
present participle of skirmish
skirmishingly
skirmishingly
adv
In a skirmishing manner.
skrimshander
skrimshander
noun
Alternative form of scrimshander
smokefarthings
starchmaking
telekinematography
thermokinematics
thermotank
thermotank
noun
A tank containing pipes for the circulation of steam, water, air, etc. for heating or cooling or as part of a ventilation system.
threadmaking
throckmorton
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
trackmanship
trackmanship
noun
The role or work of a trackman.
trenchermaker
trenchermaking
unmerchantlike
unmerchantlike
adj
Not merchantlike.
unskirmished
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
workmanship
workmanship
noun
The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.