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
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
betuckered
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
burckhardt
chaukidari
coldturkey
doughmaker
doukhobors
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
drunkeness
drunkeries
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
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
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
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
iskenderun
junkdealer
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.
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
leukoderma
leukoderma
noun
An acquired cutaneous condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin.
mockground
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.
nontrunked
nontrunked
adj
Not trunked.
outtricked
outtricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrick
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
quakerbird
quakerbird
noun
the sooty albatross
radiumlike
radiumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of radium.
rudderlike
rudderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rudder.
shroudlike
shroudlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
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
trackhound
truckloads
truckloads
noun
plural of truckload
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbickered
unbirdlike
unbirdlike
adj
Not birdlike.
uncankered
uncankered
adj
Not cankered.
uncrinkled
uncrinkled
adj
Not crinkled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrinkle
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
undrinking
undrinking
verb
present participle of undrink
unfreckled
unfreckled
adj
Not freckled; without freckles.
unkindlier
unkindlier
adj
comparative form of unkindly: more unkindly
unkoshered
unkoshered
adj
Not koshered.
unmarketed
unmarketed
adj
Not marketed.
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.
unsickered
unskewered
unskewered
adj
Not skewered.
unstreaked
unstreaked
adj
Without streaks or stripes.
untinkered
untinkered
adj
Not tinkered with.
untruckled
untuckered
untuckered
adj
Not having a tucker on.
unwrinkled
unwrinkled
adj
Without wrinkles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwrinkle
windsucker
windsucker
noun
(derogatory) A term of abuse.
A horse with the habit of windsucking.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
workhoused
workhoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of workhouse
worldquake
wunderkind
wunderkind
noun
A child prodigy; a phenom.
A highly talented or gifted individual, especially one who is successful at a young age.