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
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
blacksburg
blockaderunning
blocksburg
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
chikmagalur
chuckfarthing
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
cokeburg
cooksburg
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
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.
gebrauchsmusik
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
grieshuckle
guericke
guerickian
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
gunrack
gunrack
noun
A rack for storing a gun.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gurolinick
hackleburg
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
ickesburg
isokeraunographic
jacksonburg
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
kremenchug
lockesburg
macksburg
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
mecklenburgian
mockground
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
neugkroschen
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
outrocking
outrocking
verb
present participle of outrock
outtricking
outtricking
verb
present participle of outtrick
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
patricksburg
picturemaking
prongbuck
prongbuck
noun
(dated) The springbok.
The pronghorn
puckering
puckering
noun
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
verb
present participle of pucker
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quicksburg
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
recklinghausen
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughneck
roughneck
noun
(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
verb
To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
roughnecking
roughnecking
verb
present participle of roughneck
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
rucking
rucking
verb
present participle of ruck
ruckling
ruckling
verb
present participle of ruckle
schomburgkia
smicksburg
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
suckering
suckering
verb
present participle of sucker
superacknowledgment
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
trackingscout
trucebreaking
trucemaking
truckage
truckage
noun
(obsolete) exchange; bartering; truck
a charge for this
the carrying of goods by truck
truckages
truckages
noun
plural of truckage
trucking
trucking
noun
(US) the conveyance of freight by trucks.
(broadcasting) Lateral movement of the camera.
(now rare) Trading, bartering.
moving quickly
walking
verb
present participle of truck
truckings
truckings
noun
plural of trucking
truckling
truckling
adj
Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
noun
fawning; ingratiation
verb
present participle of truckle
trucklingly
tuckering
tuckering
verb
present participle of tucker
unbickering
unbickering
adj
Not bickering.
uncorking
uncorking
verb
present participle of uncork
uncrinkling
uncrinkling
verb
present participle of uncrinkle
uncrooking
uncrooking
verb
present participle of uncrook
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
underreckoning
underreckoning
verb
present participle of underreckon
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.