| BENCHMARKING | • benchmarking v. Present participle of benchmark. • benchmarking n. A performance measurement according to a benchmark. • BENCHMARKING n. the process of testing by a benchmark. |
| DAMASKEENING | • damaskeening v. Present participle of damaskeen. • damaskeening n. Alternative form of damascening. • DAMASKEEN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKIN, DAMASQUIN. |
| MEROPLANKTON | • meroplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton. • MEROPLANKTON n. plankton consisting of certain larvae that do not spend all their life as plankton. |
| MISRECKONING | • misreckoning v. Present participle of misreckon. • misreckoning n. A false reckoning; a miscalculation. • MISRECKONING n. a wrong reckoning. |
| MISTAKENNESS | • mistakenness n. The state or condition of being mistaken. • MISTAKENNESS n. the state of being mistaken. |
| MONEYMAKINGS | • money-makings n. Plural of money-making. • MONEYMAKING n. the business of making money. |
| MONKEYSHINES | • monkeyshines n. Plural of monkeyshine. • monkey-shines n. Plural of monkey-shine. • MONKEYSHINE n. a monkeyish trick. |
| MOONSTRICKEN | • moonstricken adj. Moonstruck. • MOONSTRICKEN adj. simpleminded, as if affected by the moon, also MOONSTRUCK. |
| MOUNTEBANKED | • mountebanked v. Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank. • MOUNTEBANK v. to act as a mountebank. |
| NAMECHECKING | • namechecking v. Present participle of namecheck. • name-checking n. Synonym of name-dropping. • NAMECHECK v. to mention by name. |
| NOISEMAKINGS | • noisemakings n. Plural of noisemaking. • NOISEMAKING n. the act of making a noise. |
| NOMENKLATURA | • nomenklatura n. (Now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union… • nomenklatura n. The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. • NOMENKLATURA n. (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime. |
| UNDERKINGDOM | • underkingdom n. The realm of an underking. • underkingdom n. A subordinate or dependent kingdom. • UNDERKINGDOM n. a subkingdom. |
| WORKINGWOMEN | • workingwomen n. Plural of workingwoman. • WORKINGWOMAN n. a workwoman. |