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
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bainbrudge
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
banebrudge
barriguda
barriguda
noun
The palm tree Iriartea ventricosa.
barrigudo
barrigudo
noun
(archaic) The brown woolly monkey
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
basiglandular
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beauregard
bedeguar
bedeguar
noun
(archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
beguard
beleaguered
beleaguered
adj
(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
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
bladensburg
blandburg
bleachground
blockaderunning
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
bodyguard
bodyguard
noun
A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
verb
(transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
bodyguarded
bodyguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodyguard
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bodyguards
bodyguards
noun
plural of bodyguard
bourgade
brandenburg
brandenburg
Proper noun
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Noun
A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
brandenburger
brandenburgh
brandenburgs
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerigar
budgerigar
noun
A species of small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.
budgerigars
budgerigars
noun
plural of budgerigar
budgerygah
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
bugbeardom
bullragged
bullyragged
bullyragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bullyrag
bumgardner
bundaberg
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
burgaudine
burgenland
burgenland
Proper noun
The easternmost and least populous federal state of Austria.
burglarised
burglarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burglarized
burglarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
burglarproofed
burgundian
burgundian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Burgundy, or a person descended from natives of Burgundy.
A member or descendant of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.
Proper noun
The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.
The Burgundian Oïl language, Bourguignon-Morvandiau.
Adjective
Pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language.
cedarburg
daggerbush
davisburg
decarburising
decarburising
verb
present participle of decarburise
decarburizing
decarburizing
verb
present participle of decarburize
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
dnaburg
doubleganger
doubleganger
noun
A doppelganger.
doublegear
draughtboard
draughtboard
noun
A checkerboard used to play draughts.
draughtsboard
draughtsboard
noun
The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
dravosburg
drumbeating
drumbeating
noun
A beating of drums.
drumbeatings
drumbeatings
noun
plural of drumbeating
duanesburg
dunaburg
edwardsburg
endoglobular
endoglobular
adj
Synonym of endoglobar
federalsburg
flaughtbred
gaudibert
graubden
graubunden
groundable
groundable
adj
(philosophy) Capable of being grounded (supplied with a rational basis).
Capable of being electrically grounded.
Capable of being grounded (forbidden from going out).
groundably
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
guardable
guardable
adj
That may be guarded.
guerdonable
guerdonable
adj
(obsolete) Deserving of a reward.
guideboard
guideboard
noun
A board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions.
guimbard
guimbard
noun
Alternative form of guimbarde
hardbought
hardinsburg
harrodsburg
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
healdsburg
hollidaysburg
hollidaysburg
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
ladiesburg
landisburg
madisonburg
magdeburg
magdeburg
Proper noun
The capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
The historic German realm centered on the city.
mandibulopharyngeal
mandibulopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the mandible and the pharynx.
neubrandenburg
nonsubordinating
nonsubordinating
adj
(grammar) Not subordinating.
obdurating
obdurating
verb
present participle of obdurate
objurgated
objurgated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of objurgate
outbargained
outbargained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbargain
outbragged
outbragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbrag
overabounding
overabounding
verb
present participle of overabound
plugboard
plugboard
noun
An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.
prebudgetary
prebudgetary
adj
Synonym of prebudget
presubordinating
pseudobiographic
pseudobiographical
pseudobiographical
adj
Apparently, but not truly, biographical.
pseudobiographically
pterygomandibular
quadrigabled
randsburg
sandburg
sangerbund
stairbuilding
straddlebug
strandburg
struldbruggian
struldbruggian
adj
Having or relating to an unsatisfactory form of immortality accompanied by aging and disease.
subadministrating
subastragaloid
subbrigade
subbrigade
noun
A brigade forming part of a larger brigade.
subbrigadier
subbrigadier
noun
A subordinate or assistant brigadier.
subdemonstrating
subdiaphragmatic
subdiaphragmatic
adj
Below the diaphragm
subdiaphragmatically
subdrainage
subdrainage
noun
drainage of liquid at a level below ground, contrasted with surface drainage
subemarginated
subgrade
subgrade
noun
The layer of native soil on which the foundation of a road is laid.
subgrades
subgrades
noun
plural of subgrade
subirrigated
subirrigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subirrigate
submargined
subordinating
subordinating
verb
present participle of subordinate
subordinatingly
subordinatingly
adv
So as to subordinate.
subplantigrade
subquadrangular
subquadrangular
adj
Nearly or imperfectly quadrangular.
subrogated
subrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of subrogate
substandardizing
sugarbird
sugarbird
noun
Any of the genus Promerops of passerine birds of southern Africa, with brownish plumage, the long downcurved bill typical of passerine nectar feeders, and long tail feathers.
surfboarding
surfboarding
verb
present participle of surfboard
thunderbearing
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge