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
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backliding
backlighted
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
bacteriodiagnosis
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
barricading
barricading
verb
present participle of barricade
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
basidiogenetic
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
beclogged
beclogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclog
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becudgel
becudgel
verb
(transitive) To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
becudgeled
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelled
becudgelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becudgels
becudgels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becudgel
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
bedticking
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
berchtesgaden
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
birdcage
birdcage
noun
(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
(uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.
birdcages
birdcages
noun
plural of birdcage
birdcatching
birdcatching
noun
The trapping of birds.
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blacklegged
blacklegged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackleg
bleachground
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
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
bocklogged
bodicemaking
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
boroglyceride
boroglyceride
noun
(dated, medicine) A preparation made by warming boric acid with glycerine; once sued as an antiseptic
brachioganoid
brachioganoidei
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
brackenridge
braggadocian
braggadocian
noun
(obsolete) Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
braggadocianism
braggadocio
braggadocio
noun
A braggart.
Empty boasting.
braggadocios
braggadocios
noun
plural of braggadocio
branchiostegidae
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
broadcastings
broadcastings
noun
plural of broadcasting
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
bydgoszcz
bydgoszcz
Proper noun
A city in Poland.
cabbaged
cabbaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cabbage
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
cabbageheaded
cabbageheadedness
cabbagewood
cabbagewood
noun
The tree Ceodes umbellifera.
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cambridge
cambridge
Proper noun
A city in England famous for its university.
Cambridge University.
A village in Illinois, USA
A city in Maryland, USA
A city in Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of and the It was formerly one of the county seats.
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Ohio, USA
A town and a village in Vermont, USA.
cambridgeport
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
carbohydrogen
carbonadoing
carbonadoing
verb
present participle of carbonado
carpetbagged
carpetbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag
cedarburg
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
childbearing
childbearing
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
noun
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition
childersburg
clapboarding
clapboarding
verb
present participle of clapboard
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
coatbridge
cobridgehead
coembodying
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
conglobated
conglobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobate
conglobed
conglobed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobe
contrabandage
contrabandage
noun
dealing in contraband
cornbraiding
counterbuilding
crossbanding
crossbanding
noun
An arrangement or pattern of crossbands.
verb
present participle of crossband
crossbreeding
crossbreeding
noun
The process, or the result of crossbreeding.
verb
present participle of crossbreed
cubitodigital
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
decarbonating
decarbonating
verb
present participle of decarbonate
decarbonising
decarbonising
verb
present participle of decarbonise
decarbonizing
decarbonizing
verb
present participle of decarbonize
decarbonylating
decarbonylating
verb
present participle of decarbonylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
decarburising
decarburising
verb
present participle of decarburise
decarburizing
decarburizing
verb
present participle of decarburize
decerebrating
decerebrating
verb
present participle of decerebrate
describing
describing
verb
present participle of describe
diabetogenic
diabetogenic
adj
(pathology) That produces diabetes
diabological
diabological
adj
Relating to diabology.
disbenching
disbenching
verb
present participle of disbench
disbranching
disbranching
verb
present participle of disbranch
dischargeable
dischargeable
adj
Capable of being discharged.
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
disencumbering
disencumbering
verb
present participle of disencumber
doublecrossing
doublecrossing
verb
present participle of doublecross
doublehatching
dungbeck
dycusburg
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
gambodic
gardbrace
gardbrace
noun
A piece of armor which augments the pauldron in protecting the shoulder.