(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
background
background
adj
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
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backtender
bandcutter
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedrenched
bedrenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedrench
bedrenches
bedrenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
benchboard
bescreened
bescreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescreen
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
braconidae
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
branchdale
branchland
buchbinder
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
candelabra
candelabra
noun
(nonstandard) A single candelabrum.
plural of candelabrum
cankerbird
carbanilid
carbonados
carbonados
noun
plural of carbonado
carbonated
carbonated
adj
(mineralogy) Containing calcium carbonate, often as a result of mineral carbonation.
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbonate
carbondale
carbonised
carbonised
adj
Alternative spelling of carbonized
carbonized
carbonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbonize
carbuncled
carbuncled
adj
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
chadbourne
charybdian
clubridden
collarband
colorblind
colorblind
adj
Alternative form of color blind
comburendo
conscribed
conscribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conscribe
contraband
contraband
adj
Prohibited from being traded.
noun
(countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
(uncountable) Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
verb
(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
contradebt
cornerbind
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
creedbound
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
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.
cybernated
cybernated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cybernate
debarrance
describent
describent
Noun
A generatrix.
describing
describing
verb
present participle of describe
dibranchia
dicarbonic
dicarbonic
adj
(chemistry) Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl radicals.