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
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
betuckered
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
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.
boundbrook
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
budennovsk
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
burckhardt
chaukidari
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
coldturkey
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
cuckoomaid
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
dislikeful
dislikeful
adj
(obsolete) Unpleasant; disagreeable.
doughmaker
doukhobors
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
drunkeness
drunkeries
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
duikerbuck
dukkeripen
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
iskenderun
junkdealer
kedushshah
keelhauled
keelhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keelhaul
kellupweed
kenduskeag
kettledrum
kettledrum
noun
(dated) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.
(music) A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
klendusity
klendusity
noun
(botany) resistance to infection
klendusive
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
leukocidic
leukocidic
adj
Alternative form of leucocidic
leukocidin
leukocidin
noun
Alternative form of leucocidin
leukoderma
leukoderma
noun
An acquired cutaneous condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin.
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
medusalike
medusalike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the mythical Medusa.
mockground
muckmidden
muckmidden
noun
(dialect, Scotland) A dunghill.
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
neudeckian
nontrunked
nontrunked
adj
Not trunked.
numskulled
numskulled
adj
Alternative form of numbskulled
outflanked
outflanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outflank
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
outtinkled
outtricked
outtricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrick
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
puckneedle
puddlelike
puddlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puddle.
quakerbird
quakerbird
noun
the sooty albatross
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
radiumlike
radiumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of radium.
rudderlike
rudderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rudder.
sackdoudle
shroudlike
shroudlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
skiapodous
soundtrack
soundtrack
noun
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
A recording of such music for sale.
Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
verb
To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
studebaker
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
sundaylike
sundaylike
Adjective
Resembling a Sunday or some aspect of one, especially the religious observances and abstinence from work of the Christian Sabbath.
trackhound
truckloads
truckloads
noun
plural of truckload
twinkledum
unattacked
unattacked
adj
Not having been attacked.
unawakened
unawakened
adj
Not awakened; sleeping; unconscious; unaware.
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbeckoned
unbeckoned
adj
Without having been beckoned.
unbedecked
unbedecked
adj
Not bedecked.
unbickered
unbirdlike
unbirdlike
adj
Not birdlike.
unbodkined
unbodylike
unbodylike
adj
Not bodylike.
unbuskined
unbuskined
adj
Not wearing buskins.
uncankered
uncankered
adj
Not cankered.
uncasketed
uncasketed
adj
Not enclosed in a casket.
uncrinkled
uncrinkled
adj
Not crinkled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrinkle
undamasked
undamasked
adj
Not damasked.
undarkened
undarkened
adj
Not darkened.
underbaked
underbaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underbake
underclerk
underclerk
noun
A subordinate clerk.
undercloak
undercloak
noun
(construction) A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.
verb
(construction, transitive) To apply such an underlayer to.
undercooks
undercooks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undercook
underfrock
underfrock
noun
An underslip worn beneath a dress.
undermaker
underskirt
underskirt
noun
A skirt worn underneath another skirt; a petticoat.
An under layer of a multi-layer gown over which outer skirts are draped.
understock
understock
noun
(horticulture) The rootstock onto which the scion is grafted.
verb
(transitive) To stock with an insufficient amount.
undertaken
undertaken
verb
past participle of undertake
undertaker
undertaker
noun
(historical) A contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the Addled Parliament of 1614.
(historical) A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language.
(rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something.
A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.
undertakes
undertakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undertake
underthink
underthink
verb
To give insufficient thought or consideration to; fail to consider adequately.
undertrick
undertrick
noun
(bridge) A trick that declarer does not win, causing the contract to go down.
undertruck
undisliked
undisliked
adj
Not disliked.
undocketed
undocketed
adj
Not docketed.
undovelike
undovelike
adj
Not dovelike.
undrinking
undrinking
verb
present participle of undrink
unembanked
unembanked
adj
Not embanked.
unfreckled
unfreckled
adj
Not freckled; without freckles.
unhoodwink
unhoodwink
verb
To disabuse of a deception.
To remove a blindfold or blinder from.
unimbanked
unimbanked
adj
Archaic form of unembanked.
unjacketed
unjacketed
adj
Not jacketed
unkenneled
unkenneled
adj
Not kenneled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unkennel
unkidnaped
unkindlier
unkindlier
adj
comparative form of unkindly: more unkindly
unkindlily
unkindlily
adv
In an unkindly manner.
unkindling
unkindling
adj
That does not kindle.
unkindness
unkindness
noun
(countable) An unkind act.
(countable) The collective noun for ravens
(uncountable) The state or quality of being unkind.
unknighted
unknighted
adj
Not knighted.
unkoshered
unkoshered
adj
Not koshered.
unlackeyed
unlackeyed
adj
Without a lackey or servant.
unladylike
unladylike
adj
Not ladylike; ill-mannered.
unmarketed
unmarketed
adj
Not marketed.
unmimicked
unmimicked
adj
Not mimicked.
unnapkined
unnapkined
adj
Not covered with a napkin.
unnickeled
unpackaged
unpackaged
adj
Not packaged.
unpicketed
unpicketed
adj
Not picketed.
unpocketed
unpocketed
adj
Not having been pocketed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpocket
unprickled
unprickled
adj
Not bearing prickles.
unprovoked
unprovoked
adj
Happening without provocation or motivation.
adv
He attacked me, suddenly, unprovoked.
Without provocation or motivation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unprovoke
unpuckered
unpuckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpucker
unreckoned
unreckoned
adj
Not reckoned; not counted or measured.
unremarked
unremarked
adj
(often with "upon") Not the subject of any remark
Not remarked or noticed; unnoticed.
unshackled
unshackled
adj
Not shackled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unshackle