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
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
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
blacksburg
blakesburg
blockaderunning
blocksburg
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
breakshugh
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
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
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
burking
burking
verb
present participle of burke
buttermaking
chikmagalur
chuckfarthing
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
cokeburg
cooksburg
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doughmaker
drouking
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
fenugreek
fenugreek
noun
Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).
finksburg
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.
garookuh
garookuh
noun
(archaic) A small fishing vessel of the Persian Gulf.
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
gebrauchsmusik
gerenuk
gerenuk
noun
A type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
gerenuks
gerenuks
noun
plural of gerenuk
gluemaker
gluemaker
noun
A manufacturer of glue.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
gokuraku
gorakhpur
gorkiesque
gorkun
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
graustark
graustarkian
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
greenuk
grieshuckle
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
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
verb
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
grudgekin
grunitsky
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
guericke
guerickian
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
guiderock
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gummaker
gumpoldskirchner
gunmaker
gunmaker
noun
One who manufactures guns.
gunrack
gunrack
noun
A rack for storing a gun.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gurk
gurkha
gurkhali
gurkhas
gurmukhi
gurmukhi
Proper noun
An abugida script, or writing system, designed for writing the Punjabi language, and subsequently also adapted to write other lects, such as Braj Bhasha, Hindi, Sanskrit and Sindhi.
gurolinick
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
gyokuro
hackleburg
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hunkering
hunkering
verb
present participle of hunker
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
ickesburg
isokeraunographic
jacksonburg
jenkinsburg
junggrammatiker
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
kagura
kagura
noun
A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan.
kajugaru
keansburg
keenesburg
keensburg
keerogue
keerogue
noun
(Ireland) A beetle.
keithsburg
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.
kerguelen
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
kerugma
kerugma
noun
Alternative spelling of kerygma
kerugmata
kerugmata
noun
plural of kerugma
keruing
keruing
noun
A hardwood timber from Malaysia and Indonesia
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.