A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
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
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
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blockaderunning
bruckleness
bruckner
bruckner
Proper noun
of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckner
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
cherubikon
cockburn
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
dumbstricken
fernambuck
innsbruck
innsbruck
Proper noun
A city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol.
jacksonburg
knuckleballer
knuckleballer
noun
(baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
koeberliniaceous
lockbourne
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
mecklenburgian
osnabruck
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
probankruptcy
prongbuck
prongbuck
noun
(dated) The springbok.
The pronghorn
purbeckian
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quickborn
quickborn
adj
(archaic) born alive; not stillborn
racknumber
rebankruptcy
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rockbound
rockbound
adj
(CB radio slang) Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals.
Surrounded by rocks.
rubberneck
rubberneck
noun
(US, obsolete) A tourist.
Someone or something with a flexible neck.
Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
verb
To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
rubbernecked
rubbernecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rubberneck
rubbernecker
rubbernecker
noun
(originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
rubbernecks
rubbernecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubberneck
runback
runback
noun
(American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff
A managed reduction of output in a power plant.
runbacks
runbacks
noun
plural of runback
saarbrucken
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
trucebreaking
trunkback
trunkback
noun
(zoology) The leatherback.
turnback
turnback
noun
(attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
turnbuckle
turnbuckle
noun
(nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)
A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device with mechanical advantage provided by the screw threads.
turnbuckles
turnbuckles
noun
plural of turnbuckle
unbackboarded
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbickered
unbickering
unbickering
adj
Not bickering.
unbracketed
unbracketed
adj
Not bracketed.
unbrick
unbrick
verb
(transitive) To reopen something bricked up.
(transitive, slang, computing) To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative).
unbricked
unbricked
adj
Not paved or blocked up with bricks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbrick
unbuckramed
unbuckramed
adj
(archaic) Not stiffened with buckram; not stiff.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
underback
underback
noun
(brewing) A vessel that receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.
unreckonable
unreckonable
adj
That cannot be reckoned; uncountable, innumerable.