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
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.
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.
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.
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kitmudgar
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
krugersdorp
mockground
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
outdrinking
outdrinking
verb
present participle of outdrink
preundertaking
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
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
tandjungpriok
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.