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
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
bacteriodiagnosis
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
barricadoing
barricadoing
verb
present participle of barricado
basidiogenetic
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
beclogged
beclogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclog
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becowarding
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bleachground
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
adj
Causing great horror or terror.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bocklogged
bodicemaking
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
boroglyceride
boroglyceride
noun
(dated, medicine) A preparation made by warming boric acid with glycerine; once sued as an antiseptic
brachioganoid
brachioganoidei
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
braggadocian
braggadocian
noun
(obsolete) Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
braggadocianism
braggadocio
braggadocio
noun
A braggart.
Empty boasting.
braggadocios
braggadocios
noun
plural of braggadocio
branchiostegidae
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
broadcastings
broadcastings
noun
plural of broadcasting
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
buddhological
buddhological
Adjective
Relating to Buddhology.
bydgoszcz
bydgoszcz
Proper noun
A city in Poland.
cabbagewood
cabbagewood
noun
The tree Ceodes umbellifera.
cambridgeport
carbohydrogen
carbonadoing
carbonadoing
verb
present participle of carbonado
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
clapboarding
clapboarding
verb
present participle of clapboard
coachbuilding
coachbuilding
noun
The construction of coaches.
coatbridge
cobridgehead
coembodying
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
cogitabundous
conglobated
conglobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobate
conglobed
conglobed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobe
contrabandage
contrabandage
noun
dealing in contraband
cornbraiding
counterbuilding
crossbanding
crossbanding
noun
An arrangement or pattern of crossbands.
verb
present participle of crossband
crossbreeding
crossbreeding
noun
The process, or the result of crossbreeding.
verb
present participle of crossbreed
cubitodigital
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
decarbonating
decarbonating
verb
present participle of decarbonate
decarbonising
decarbonising
verb
present participle of decarbonise
decarbonizing
decarbonizing
verb
present participle of decarbonize
decarbonylating
decarbonylating
verb
present participle of decarbonylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
diabetogenic
diabetogenic
adj
(pathology) That produces diabetes
diabological
diabological
adj
Relating to diabology.
discombobulating
discombobulating
adj
Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.
verb
present participle of discombobulate
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
doublecrossing
doublecrossing
verb
present participle of doublecross
doublehatching
gambodic
globulicidal
globulicidal
adj
Destroying blood corpuscles.
globulicide
gobiesocid
gobiesocid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Gobiesocidae of clingfish.
gobiesocidae
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
gorboduc
hydrobiological
hydrobiological
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrobiology.
langobardic
longobardic
matchboarding
matchboarding
noun
A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings.
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
molybdocardialgia
monchengladbach
overdescribing
overdescribing
verb
present participle of overdescribe
preblockading
prebroadcasting
prebroadcasting
adj
Before the development or the use of broadcast media.
probroadcasting
pseudobiographic
pseudobiographical
pseudobiographical
adj
Apparently, but not truly, biographical.
pseudobiographically
pseudobiological
pseudobiological
adj
Of, relating to, or employing pseudobiology.
pseudobiologically
pseudobiologically
adv
In a pseudobiological manner; by means of pseudobiology.
radiobiologic
radiobiologic
adj
Synonym of radiobiological
radiobiological
radiobiological
adj
Of or pertaining to radiobiology
radiobiologically
radiobiologically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, radiobiology.
radiobroadcasting
radiobroadcasting
verb
present participle of radiobroadcast
rebroadcasting
rebroadcasting
verb
present participle of rebroadcast
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbridge
subintroducing
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge