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
bainbrudge
bandcutter
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banebrudge
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barramunda
barramunda
noun
Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
bermudians
beturbaned
beturbaned
adj
wearing a turban
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bladdernut
bladdernut
noun
Any of several species of large shrubs or small trees, of the genus Staphylea, in the family Staphyleaceae
Diospyros whyteana, a species of tree with edible fruit, native to Africa.
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
blunderers
blunderers
noun
plural of blunderer
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
blundering
blundering
noun
The act of making a blunder.
verb
present participle of blunder
bouldering
bouldering
noun
(climbing) Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
verb
present participle of boulder
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
boundbrook
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bourgeoned
bourgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
bradynosus
brassbound
brassbound
adj
Bound with brass.
brundisium
brunnhilde
buchbinder
bumgardner
bundesrath
burdenable
burdenless
burdenless
adj
Without a burden.
burdensome
burdensome
adj
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
burgaudine
burgenland
burgenland
Proper noun
The easternmost and least populous federal state of Austria.
burgundian
burgundian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Burgundy, or a person descended from natives of Burgundy.
A member or descendant of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.
Proper noun
The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.
The Burgundian Oïl language, Bourguignon-Morvandiau.
Adjective
Pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language.
burgundies
burgundies
noun
plural of burgundy
burhinidae
burundians
carbuncled
carbuncled
adj
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
chadbourne
clubridden
comburendo
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
creedbound
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cummerbund
cummerbund
noun
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.
debentured
debentured
adj
Entitled to drawback or debenture.
debentures
debentures
noun
plural of debenture
debruising
debruising
verb
present participle of debruise
dendrobium
dendrobium
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dendrobium.
deurbanize
deurbanize
verb
To make (a region) less urban.
disburdens
disburdens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden
disburgeon
disbursing
disbursing
verb
present participle of disburse
disburthen
disburthen
verb
(obsolete) disburden
disturbant
disturbant
adj
(archaic) disturbing
noun
(archaic) Something that disturbs.
disturbing
disturbing
adj
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
verb
present participle of disturb
duanesburg
dunderbolt
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
encumbered
encumbered
adj
Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encumber
endolumbar
floribunda
floribunda
noun
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.
fredenburg
frostbound
frostbound
adj
Bound or confined by frost.
graubunden
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
groundbird
gunbuilder
hindenburg
hindenburg
Proper noun
The German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
incumbered
incumbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incumber
indirubine
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
landisburg
landlubber
landlubber
noun
(nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.
lubberland
lubberland
noun
Synonym of Cockaigne, a land of plenty
mandibular
mandibular
adj
(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the mandible.
moribundly
moribundly
adv
In a moribund way.
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
nondoubter
nondurable
nondurable
adj
(economics) Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year.
noun
(economics) A nondurable good.
nondurably
northbound
northbound
adj
Heading or moving in a northerly direction.
adv
Towards the north.
nudibranch
nudibranch
noun
A sea slug belonging to the order Nudibranchia.
obdurating
obdurating
verb
present participle of obdurate
obduration
obduration
noun
(obsolete) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
ogdensburg
outblunder
outblunder
verb
(transitive) To commit more or worse blunders than.
overabound
overabound
verb
(intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
overburden
overburden
noun
(archaeology) A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated
(geology) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
verb
To overload or overtax.
overburned
overburned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overburn
paperbound
paperbound
adj
(comparable) Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork.
(not comparable, of a book) Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered.
noun
(dated) A paperback book.
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
purblindly
purblindly
adv
In a purblind manner.
reboundant
rebounding
rebounding
noun
(uncountable) Synonym of rebound exercise
The act of something that rebounds.
verb
present participle of rebound
rebuilding
rebuilding
noun
The act of building something again.
verb
present participle of rebuild
rebuttoned
rebuttoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rebutton
redoubling
redoubling
noun
The act by which something is redoubled.
verb
present participle of redouble
redoubting
redoubting
verb
present participle of redoubt
refundable
refundable
adj
Able to be refunded in case of customer dissatisfaction, loss, breakage etc.
noun
Something that is eligible to be refunded.
renumbered
renumbered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of renumber
roundabout
roundabout
adj
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
noun
(archaic) A round dance.
(chiefly Britain) A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
(chiefly UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia and sometimes US) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
A detour.
A fairground carousel.
A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
verb
To play on a roundabout (carousel)
To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner
To travel round roundabouts
roundtable
roundtable
noun
Alternative spelling of round table
rubedinous
rubedinous
adj
(obsolete, rare) reddish
sangerbund
sideburned
sideburned
adj
Having sideburns.
sonderbund
soundboard
soundboard
noun
(Internet) A control panel offering playback of various sound effects.
(audio engineering) A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.
(figurative) A sounding board.
(music) A board placed within a musical instrument to improve vibrations.
stormbound
stormbound
adj
(of a ship) Caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.
strandburg
subbourdon
subdeanery
subdeanery
noun
The office or rank of subdean.
subendorse
subjoinder
subjoinder
noun
Something subjoined to another
submarined
submarined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of submarine
subordinal
subordinal
adj
Relating to a taxonomic suborder.
subtrahend
subtrahend
noun
(arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.
sunderable
sunderable
adj
Able to be sundered; able to be split off.
surbedding
surbedding
verb
present participle of surbed
surrebound
surrebound
verb
(intransitive, rare, poetic) To rebound again and again; to give back echoes.
thunderbox
thunderbox
noun
(by extension, chiefly Australia, Britain, slang) Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor latrine or toilet, or an outhouse.
(military, obsolete) A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
(slang) A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.
(theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.
tonguebird
turbidness
turbidness
noun
The state or condition of being turbid.
turbinated
turbinated
adj
(obsolete) Designating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling.
Turbinate in form; top-shaped.
turbinidae
unabhorred
unabhorred
adj
Not abhorred.
unabridged
unabridged
adj
(of a book or document) Not abridged, shortened, expurgated or condensed; complete.
noun
An unabridged publication, especially a reference work
unabsorbed
unabsorbed
adj
Not having been absorbed.
unadorable
unadorable
adj
Not adorable; unlovable.
unadorably
unarboured
unascribed
unascribed
adj
Not ascribed
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbadgered
unbadgered
adj
Not badgered or harassed.
unbannered
unbannered
adj
Not adorned with a banner.
unbarbered
unbarbered
adj
Not barbered.
unbarreled
unbarreled
adj
Alternative form of unbarrelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbarrel
unbartered
unbartered
adj
Not bartered.
unbattered
unbattered
adj
Not battered or beaten.
Not cooked in batter.
unbeavered
unbeavered
adj
Having the beaver of the helmet open.
Without a beaver or hat.
unbefriend
unbegirded
unbegrimed
unbegrimed
adj
Not begrimed.
unbereaved
unbereaved
adj
Not bereaved.
unberouged
unbeteared
unbetrayed
unbetrayed
adj
Not betrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbetray
unbettered
unbettered
adj
Not having been bettered or improved upon.
unbewilder
unbewilder
verb
(transitive) To free from bewilderment; to enlighten or unconfuse.