(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.
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
bushmaker
chamkanni
checkmark
checkmark
noun
Alternative form of check mark
verb
(transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick.
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkroom
checkroom
noun
(US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored.
checksums
checksums
noun
plural of checksum
chemakuan
chemicked
chemicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemic
chemicker
chempaduk
chimakuan
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
crackhemp
dashmaker
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
forksmith
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
gymkhanas
gymkhanas
noun
plural of gymkhana
hackamore
hackamore
noun
A kind of bridle with no bit.
hackeymal
hallmarks
hallmarks
noun
plural of hallmark
hamesoken
hammarskj
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
hamtramck
hamtramck
Proper noun
A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
hatmakers
hatmakers
noun
plural of hatmaker
hatmaking
hatmaking
noun
The manufacture of hats.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hawksmoor
haymakers
haymakers
noun
plural of haymaker
haymaking
haymaking
noun
Taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts
The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
haymarket
haymarket
Proper noun
Any of various placenames, particularly a street in Westminster, London and the in that street
A town in Virginia State.
heatmaker
heckerism
heckerism
Noun
The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-1888), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people.
heelmaker
hektogram
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hemokonia
hieromonk
hieromonk
noun
A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
hockamore
hockamore
noun
(obsolete) A Rhenish white wine.
hockmoney
homefolks
homemaker
homemaker
noun
(US) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.
homeworks
homeworks
noun
plural of homework
hoofmarks
hoofmarks
noun
plural of hoofmark
hookerman
hookmaker
hookmaker
noun
A manufacturer of hooks.
hooksmith
hookworms
hookworms
noun
plural of hookworm
hookwormy
hookwormy
adj
Infested with hookworms.
hoopmaker
hubmaking
humankind
humankind
noun
The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
humanlike
humanlike
adj
Having characteristics of a human.
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
humuslike
humuslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of humus (compounds in soil).
hunkerism
hunkerism
noun
(US, politics) Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
hymnbooks
hymnbooks
noun
plural of hymnbook
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
jokesmith
jokesmith
noun
(humorous) A person who devises jokes.
kaddishim
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
kamachile
kamachile
noun
Alternative form of camachile
kamadhenu
kamchadal
kamchadal
Noun
A member of the ethnic group who are the original inhabitants of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia.
kamchatka
kamchatka
Proper noun
A long peninsula in the Russian Far East, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
kampuchea
kashmiris
kathmandu
khamseens
khamseens
noun
plural of khamseen
khansamah
khansamah
noun
(East India) A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies.
khansaman
khansaman
noun
Alternative form of khansamah
khoumaini
kilhamite
kirshbaum
klagshamn
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
koosharem
kriemhild
krummholz
krummholz
noun
Dense low matted bushes at the tree-line.
krummhorn
krummhorn
noun
A mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument.
A stop on an organ.
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
lehmbruck
linksmith
locksmith
locksmith
noun
(gambling, slang) someone who only bets when they are sure they will win
one who practices locksmithing
mahlstick
mahlstick
noun
Alternative form of maulstick
makership
makership
noun
The role or status of a maker.
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
maksoorah
manchukuo
manchukuo
Proper noun
A Japanese-controlled puppet state in Manchuria that existed from 1932 to 1945.
mangohick
marketech
markevich
markhoors
markhoors
noun
plural of markhoor
marrakech
marrakech
Proper noun
A city in central Morocco.
marrakesh
marshbuck
marshbuck
noun
Alternative form of marsh buck
marshlike
marshlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marsh.
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
matchmake
matchmake
verb
To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
matchmark
matchmark
noun
(engineering) A mark inscribed on a component to aid alignment with the rest of an assembly.
mawkishly
mawkishly
adv
In a mawkish manner.
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
mechnikov
menshevik
menshevik
Noun
A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917.
meshworks
meshworks
noun
plural of meshwork
milkhouse
milkhouse
noun
A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
A place where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
milkshake
milkshake
noun
(New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
(mechanics, informal) Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.
(slang, horse racing) An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance.
A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
verb
(transitive, informal, neologism) To throw a milkshake at (a person).
(transitive, slang, horse racing) To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.
mishawaka
misthinks
misthinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misthink
mohawkian
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
mohockism
mollyhawk
monkeyish
monkeyish
adj
like a monkey
monkhoods
monkhoods
noun
plural of monkhood
monkishly
monkishly
adv
In a monkish way.
monkshood
monkshood
noun
(countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
(uncountable) The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids.
moochulka
moochulka
noun
Alternative form of muchalka
motherkin
motherkin
Noun
definition
mousehawk
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
muckerish
muckerish
adj
(dated) Characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar.
mutchkins
mutchkins
noun
plural of mutchkin
mythmaker
mythmaker
noun
A person who originates a myth.
nakashima
nymphlike
nymphlike
adj
Resembling a nymph.
ockenheim
okahumpka
oklahoman
oklahoman
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America.
Adjective
Of or relating to Oklahoma.
pharmakoi
pharmakoi
noun
plural of pharmakos
pharmakos
pharmakos
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.