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
blackfigured
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.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blockaderunning
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
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
doublethinking
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughmaker
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
drouking
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
duckhunting
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dungbeck
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
dunking
dunking
noun
(basketball) Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.
The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.
verb
present participle of dunk
dunkling
dusking
dusking
verb
present participle of dusk
duskingtide
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
gedunk
gedunk
noun
(US, military, slang) A canteen or snack bar.
(US, military, slang) A snack; a junk food item.
geoduck
geoduck
noun
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
(countable) a member of the species.
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
(uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
goeduck
gouldbusk
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grudgekin
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
gucked
gudesake
gudesakes
gudok
gudok
noun
A musical instrument, a chordophone, most often neckless and with three strings, played in the lap and with a bow, of ancient Slavic origin.
guidebook
guidebook
noun
Alternative spelling of guide book
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
gundeck
gundeck
noun
Alternative form of gun deck
verb
(naval slang) Synonym of pencil whip (“to falsify records to suggest that work has been done”)
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
gweduck
gweduck
noun
Alternative form of geoduck
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
kenduskeag
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kitmudgar
kludge
kludge
noun
(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
(informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
(informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
(informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.
verb
(informal) To build or use a kludge.
kludged
kludged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kludge
kludges
kludges
noun
plural of kludge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kludge
kludging
kludging
verb
present participle of kludge
kodagu
kodagu
Proper noun
A hilly region in southern India, known in English as Coorg.
kodogu
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
krugersdorp
loudspeaking
mockground
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
outdrinking
outdrinking
verb
present participle of outdrink
passadumkeag
preundertaking
puddinglike
puddinglike
adj
Resembling a pudding.
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
skulduggery
skulduggery
noun
(countable) A devious device or trick.
(uncountable) Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.
skullduggeries
skullduggeries
noun
plural of skullduggery
skullduggery
skullduggery
noun
Alternative spelling of skulduggery (US) in
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
stockjudging
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
subkingdoms
subkingdoms
noun
plural of subkingdom
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
tandjungpriok
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
underbaking
underbaking
verb
present participle of underbake
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
undergamekeeper
undergamekeeper
noun
A subordinate gamekeeper.
underking
underking
noun
An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.
underkingdom
underkingdom
noun
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
The realm of an underking.
underliking
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
underreckoning
underreckoning
verb
present participle of underreckon
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
understriking
undertaking
undertaking
noun
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
verb
present participle of undertake
undertakingly
undertakings
undertakings
noun
plural of undertaking
undervaluinglike
underworking
underworking
noun
lower or underlying workings
verb
present participle of underwork
undocking
undocking
noun
The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock.