Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
begoud
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
berouged
berouged
adj
Wearing rouge.
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
bleachground
blockaderunning
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodguilt
bloodguilt
noun
guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
bloodguiltless
bloodguiltless
adj
Free from bloodguilt.
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
bloodlusting
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludgeoned
bludgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boatbuilding
boatbuilding
noun
The construction of a boat or boats.
bodybuilding
bodybuilding
noun
(dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
bodyguard
bodyguard
noun
A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
verb
(transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
bodyguarded
bodyguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodyguard
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bodyguards
bodyguards
noun
plural of bodyguard
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
bogued
bogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bogue
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bougainvilliidae
boughed
boughed
adj
Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
bounding
bounding
noun
(uncountable) The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.
The act of one who bounds or leaps.
verb
present participle and gerund of bound
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
bourgade
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
brogued
brogued
adj
Decorated with brogueing.
Having a brogue (accent).
Shod with brogues (type of shoe).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brogue
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
budgero
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
bugbeardom
bugdom
bugdom
noun
The essence of being a bug.
bulldog
bulldog
noun
(UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
(US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
(professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
A stubborn or determined person.
The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
verb
(transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
bulldogged
bulldogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulldog
bulldoggedness
bulldoggedness
noun
stubborn determination; doggedness
bulldogger
bulldogger
noun
One who bulldogs (chases and wrestles a steer as a rodeo performance).
bulldoggers
bulldoggers
noun
plural of bulldogger
bulldogging
bulldogging
verb
present participle of bulldog
bulldoggings
bulldoggish
bulldoggishly
bulldoggishness
bulldoggy
bulldoggy
adj
(informal) Resembling a bulldog.
bulldogism
bulldogs
bulldogs
noun
plural of bulldog
bulldozing
bulldozing
noun
An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
verb
present participle of bulldoze
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
burgeoned
burgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burgeon
burgessdom
burgessdom
noun
The role or status of burgess.
burgherdom
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
burglarproofed
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
cogitabundous
counterbuilding
cubitodigital
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
deuteroglobulose
diabetogenous
diabetogenous
adj
(pathology) Caused by diabetes
diabolifuge
disambiguation
disambiguation
noun
(wiki jargon) A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.
The removal of ambiguity.
disambiguations
disambiguations
noun
plural of disambiguation
disbogue
disburgeon
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
disembogue
disembogue
verb
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.
To come out into the open sea from a river etc.
disembogued
disembogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembogue
disemboguement
disemboguement
noun
The act of disemboguing; discharge.
disembogues
disembogues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembogue
disemboguing
disemboguing
verb
present participle of disembogue
dogbush
doodlebug
doodlebug
noun
(entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
(entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
(entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
(historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
(informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
(informal) A slackard or time-waster.
(informal) An idiot.
(informal) Someone who draws constantly.
(informal, Britain) The V-1 flying bomb.
(obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.
dorbug
dorbug
noun
(Canada, US) The dor.
dorbugs
dorbugs
noun
plural of dorbug
doublecrossing
doublecrossing
verb
present participle of doublecross
doubleganger
doubleganger
noun
A doppelganger.
doublegear
doublehatching
doublehung
doublelunged
doublethinking
doublethought
doubling
doubling
noun
(archaic) A trick; double-dealing.
A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
verb
present participle of double
doubting
doubting
noun
A condition of doubt.
verb
present participle of doubt
doubtingly
doubtingly
adv
In a doubting manner.
doubtingness
doubtingness
noun
The quality of doubting something.
doubtmonger
doubtmonger
noun
One who sows doubts in the minds of others.
doughbellies
doughbelly
doughbelly
noun
Synonym of frybread
doughbird
doughbird
noun
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
doughboy
doughboy
noun
(US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
A kind of flour dumpling.
Frybread.
doughboys
doughboys
noun
plural of doughboy
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughtsboard
draughtsboard
noun
The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
dravosburg
dumbfounding
dumbfounding
verb
present participle of dumbfound
endoglobular
endoglobular
adj
Synonym of endoglobar
fogbound
fogbound
adj
enveloped in fog to such an extent that movement is dangerous or impossible
gadabout
gadabout
noun
A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others.
gadabouts
gadabouts
noun
plural of gadabout
globulicidal
globulicidal
adj
Destroying blood corpuscles.
globulicide
globuloid
gobmouthed
goldbug
goldbug
noun
Alternative form of gold bug
goldbugs
goldbugs
noun
plural of goldbug
gonoblastidium
gonoblastidium
noun
A blastostyle.
gorboduc
gouldbusk
gouldsboro
groundable
groundable
adj
(philosophy) Capable of being grounded (supplied with a rational basis).
Capable of being electrically grounded.
Capable of being grounded (forbidden from going out).
groundably
groundberry
groundbird
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
groundburst
groundburst
noun
The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.