(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
bhaktimarga
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bolshevikism
brahmaloka
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
brookesmith
broomshank
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bushmaker
bushmaking
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
gebrauchsmusik
hubmaker
hubmaking
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
verb
To hunt humpback whales.
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hymnbook
hymnbook
noun
(Britain) A book containing a collection of hymns.
hymnbooks
hymnbooks
noun
plural of hymnbook
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
kamboh
kathemoglobin
khammurabi
kirshbaum
kishambala
lehmbruck
marshbanker
marshbuck
marshbuck
noun
Alternative form of marsh buck
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchbooks
matchbooks
noun
plural of matchbook
milkbush
milkbush
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Euphorbia.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
sambhogakaya
sambhogakaya
noun
(Buddhism) The second aspect of the Trikaya: a subtle body of limitless form.
schomburgkia
shukulumbwe
smokebush
smokebush
noun
Any of several Australian shrubs and trees, of the genus Conospermum, that have flowers in dense spikes.
smoothback
subakhmimic
swashbucklerdom
thimblelike
thimblelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a thimble.
thimblemaker
thimblemaking
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
thumbikin
thumbikin
noun
Synonym of thumbikins
thumbikins
thumbikins
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew.
plural of thumbikin
thumbkin
thumbkin
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
thumbkins
thumbkins
noun
plural of thumbkin
thumblike
thumblike
adj
Resembling a thumb.
thumbmark
thumbmark
noun
The mark left by a thumb.
thumbtack
thumbtack
noun
(Canada, US) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
verb
(transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack.
thumbtacked
thumbtacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thumbtack
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
thumbtacks
thumbtacks
noun
plural of thumbtack
umbethink
umbethink
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.