| BENCHMARKS | • benchmarks n. Plural of benchmark. • benchmarks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark. • BENCHMARK v. to test by a preset standard. |
| BONESHAKER | • boneshaker n. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s). • boneshaker n. Something jolty. • bone-shaker n. Alternative spelling of boneshaker. |
| FORESHANKS | • foreshanks n. Plural of foreshank. • FORESHANK n. the upper part of the foreleg of cattle. |
| GREENSHANK | • greenshank n. A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia. • GREENSHANK n. a large sandpiper with long, somewhat greenish legs. |
| HANDBRAKES | • handbrakes n. Plural of handbrake. • hand␣brakes n. Plural of hand brake. • HANDBRAKE n. a brake applied by a hand-operated lever. |
| HANDSTROKE | • handstroke n. (Bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle. • HANDSTROKE n. the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it. |
| HANKERINGS | • hankerings n. Plural of hankering. • HANKERING n. a yearning. |
| HEARKENERS | • hearkeners n. Plural of hearkener. • HEARKENER n. one who hearkens, also HARKENER. |
| HEARTIKINS | • heartikins n. Plural of heartikin. • HEARTIKIN n. (obsolete) a little heart (used euphemistically in an oath). |
| HEARTSINKS | • heartsinks n. Plural of heartsink. • HEARTSINK n. a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or nonspecific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat. |
| PHREAKINGS | • PHREAKING n. making illegal phone-calls. |
| RAINCHECKS | • rainchecks n. Plural of raincheck. • rain␣checks n. Plural of rain check. • RAINCHECK n. a ticket for future use given to spectators when rain stops a game. |
| RAKISHNESS | • rakishness n. The property of being rakish. • RAKISHNESS n. the quality of being rakish. |
| RANSHACKLE | • RANSHACKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHAKLE. |
| RANSHAKLED | • RANSHAKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHACKLE. |
| RANSHAKLES | • RANSHAKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHACKLE. |
| RINKHALSES | • rinkhalses n. Plural of rinkhals. • RINKHALS n. (South African) an African snake that spits its venom, also RINGHALS. |
| SHRINKABLE | • shrinkable adj. Capable of being made to shrink. • SHRINKABLE adj. that can be shrunken. |
| SHRINKAGES | • shrinkages n. Plural of shrinkage. • SHRINKAGE n. the amount by which something shrinks. |