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
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
biscuitmaking
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blacktongue
blockaderunning
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwashing
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
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)
bushmaking
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
buttermaking
cauking
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chuckfarthing
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
funmaking
gallinulelike
gazankulu
gazankulu
Proper noun
A bantustan in South West Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Shangaan Tsonga people.
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
gitanemuck
gitanemuk
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
graustarkian
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
guauaenok
guerickian
gulbenkian
gummaking
gunmaker
gunmaker
noun
One who manufactures guns.
gunmaking
gunmaking
noun
The manufacture of guns.
gunnysack
gunnysack
noun
Alternative spelling of gunny sack
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
gunrack
gunrack
noun
A rack for storing a gun.
heilungkiang
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hubmaking
hughmanick
hukawng
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
isokeraunographic
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
jacksonburg
jauking
junggrammatiker
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kalumpang
kanchenjunga
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
kaolikung
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
kavanaugh
keansburg
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
kenduskeag
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
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).
kiangpu
kiangsu
kiangsu
Proper noun
the province of China northeast of the Yangtze Delta.
kinchinjunga
kiungshan
klagenfurt
klausenburg
kluang
kranzburg
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kuangchou
kubango
kukang
kukang
noun
(archaic) Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda slow loris.
kulang
kulang
noun
Alternative form of koulan (“kind of onager”).
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kurajong
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
kurgan
kurgan
noun
A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.
kurgans
kurgans
noun
plural of kurgan
kurrajong
kurrajong
noun
(Australia) A peanut tree, Sterculia quadrifida, native to eastern coastal Australia; a red- or orange-fruited kurrajong.
(Australia) Any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
kwangju
kwangtung
kwantung
kyaung
kyaung
noun
A kind of Buddhist monastery in Burma/Myanmar.
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
loudspeaking
lugansk
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
mantuamaking
mantuamaking
noun
The manufacture of mantuas.
mecklenburgian
menangkabau
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
mukwonago
multitasking
multitasking
noun
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
verb
present participle of multitask
muskallonge
muskallunge
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
muskogean
muskogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
naugatuck
naumkeag
naumkeag
noun
(historical) A machine for smoothing the surface of a shoe's sole and heel with a fine abrasive.
verb
(historical) To smooth the parts of a shoe using this machine.
naumkeager
naumkeager
noun
(historical) The operator of a naumkeag machine.
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
nogaku
nogaku
noun
noh (Japanese music drama)
oaktongue
outasking
outasking
verb
present participle of outask
outbaking
outbaking
verb
present participle of outbake
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outflanking
outflanking
noun
The act of one who outflanks.
verb
present participle of outflank
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
outtalking
outtalking
verb
present participle of outtalk
outtasking
outtasking
verb
present participle of outtask
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.