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
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
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
blitzkrieged
blockaderunning
brackenridge
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
crookfingered
crooklegged
dackering
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
daikering
daikering
verb
present participle of daiker
darkening
darkening
noun
The act of something becoming darker.
verb
present participle of darken
darking
darking
verb
present participle of dark
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
dekagram
dekagram
noun
Alternative form of decagram
dekagramme
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
dickering
dickering
noun
bargaining
bartering
verb
present participle of dicker
dikegrave
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
dirking
dirking
verb
present participle of dirk
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dismarketing
dogtrick
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
dorking
dorking
Proper noun
a market town in Surrey, England.
doughmaker
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drakensberg
dressmaking
dressmaking
noun
The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.
dressmakings
dressmakings
noun
plural of dressmaking
drinking
drinking
noun
An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
verb
present participle of drink
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
drouking
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drygalski
edgemaker
edgemaker
noun
One who manufactures the edges of shoes.
endokaryogamy
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
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.
frederiksberg
gadzookeries
gadzookeries
noun
plural of gadzookery
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
gardenmaker
gardenmaker
noun
A person who creates gardens.
gardenmaking
gardenmaking
noun
The creation of gardens.
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
gastrodisk
gavelkinder
gavelkinder
noun
One who inherits through gavelkind.
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
gedecktwork
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
gladbrook
godforsaken
godforsaken
adj
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad
godmaker
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
goldwork
goldwork
noun
Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
grademark
greekdom
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
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
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
headworking
hedgebreaker
hedgemaker
hedgemaker
noun
One who constructs a hedge.
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
hygrodeik
hygrodeik
noun
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
kaliningrad
karaganda
karaganda
Proper noun
official name until 1993 of Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan, its fourth biggest city
kedger
kedger
noun
(nautical) A small anchor; a kedge.
kedgeree
kedgeree
noun
(obsolete) Khichdi.
A European dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
kedgerees
kedgerees
noun
plural of kedgeree
keeldrag
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
kierkegaard
kierkegaardian
kierkegaardian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the philosopher (1813–1855) or his philosophy.
kierkegaardianism
kierkegaardianism
Noun
The or views of the thinker (1813–1855).
kimeridgian
kimmeridge
kindergarten
kindergarten
noun
(Canada, US, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
(Canada, US, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.
(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.
kindergartener
kindergartener
noun
(less common) Alternative form of kindergartner
kindergartening
kindergartening
noun
(archaic) The skill or practice of caring for children in a kindergarten.