A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
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.
chakravartin
chakravartin
noun
(India, religion) An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world.
chandrakanta
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
frankhearted
freakishness
freakishness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
headshrinker
headshrinker
noun
Alternative form of head-shrinker
heterokaryon
heterokaryon
noun
(biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei
heterokontae
heterokontan
heterokontan
adj
Belonging to the heterokonts.
hyperkinesia
hyperkinesia
noun
hyperkinesis
kalandariyah
keraulophone
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
khachaturian
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kittikachorn
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
leathernecks
leathernecks
noun
plural of leatherneck
loansharking
loansharking
verb
present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
marksmanship
marksmanship
noun
The ability to shoot accurately at a target.
matchmarking
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
nackenheimer
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
phrasemaking
phrasemaking
noun
The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
prankishness
prankishness
noun
Prankish behaviour; mischief.
preshrinkage
rakishnesses
rheoplankton
scrimshanker
scrimshanker
noun
(UK, military, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.
sharkishness
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
skiagraphing
skiagraphing
verb
present participle of skiagraph
skrimshander
skrimshander
noun
Alternative form of scrimshander
sparkishness
sparkishness
noun
The quality of being sparkish.
speakerphone
speakerphone
noun
A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree.
A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
starchmaking
stickhandler
stickhandler
noun
(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.