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
backstring
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
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.
blacksburg
blakesburg
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
noun
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
blocksburg
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
breakshugh
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
dekagramme
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
doughmaker
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
earmarking
earmarking
noun
An earmark (funding designation).
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
verb
present participle of earmark
ekebergite
ekebergite
noun
(archaic, mineralogy) Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.
ereshkigal
ereshkigel
fingerhook
fingerlike
fingerlike
adj
Resembling a finger, especially in shape
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
foenngreek
foenngreek
noun
Archaic form of fenugreek.
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
frankewing
fringelike
fringelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fringe.
friskingly
friskingly
adv
With frisking movements; while leaping.
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garnetlike
garnetwork
gastrodisk
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gawkhammer
gimmickery
gimmickery
noun
Alternative form of gimmickry
gingerwork
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
glassmaker
glassmaker
noun
A person or company that makes glass or glass items.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
gorgonlike
gorgonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.
gorkiesque
grannyknot
grapestalk
gravemaker
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
grippelike
groovelike
groovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a groove (channel or depression).
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
grottowork
grottowork
noun
artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
guerickian
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gurolinick
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hackleburg
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
hedgemaker
hedgemaker
noun
One who constructs a hedge.
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
inkslinger
inkslinger
noun
(derogatory) A careless or unskilful writer.
ironmaking
ironmaking
noun
The making of iron (from an ore)
jogglework
jogjakarta
kabaragoya
kabaragoya
noun
The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
kalgoorlie
kalgoorlie
Proper noun
A city in Western Australia.
kangarooer
kangarooer
noun
One who hunts kangaroos.
kapfenberg
karamojong
karamojong
Proper noun
A Nilo-Saharan language of Uganda.
karinghota
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
keenesburg
keithsburg
kentigerma
keratalgia
keratalgia
noun
Pain of the cornea
kernelling
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kesselring
keyserling
khagiarite
khagiarite
noun
(mineralogy) A black vitreous variety of pantellerite.
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmatgar
khitmatgar
noun
(British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
kiesselgur
kilogramme
kilogramme
noun
(UK) Dated spelling of kilogram.
kimmeridge
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kinghunter
kirghizean
kirovograd
klagenfurt
klangfarbe
kollergang
kollergang
noun
edge mill
kolmogorov
kolmogorov
Adjective
Such that any two distinct points are topologically distinguishable, i.e., there is an open set containing one of the points which does not contain the other point.