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
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
blockaderunning
boundbrook
buddenbrooks
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterdike
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
debunkers
debunkers
noun
plural of debunker
dejunkerize
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
droukan
drouking
drucken
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drunk
drunk
adj
(usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
noun
A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
A drunken state.
A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
verb
(Southern US) simple past tense of drink
past participle of drink
drunkard
drunkard
noun
(derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
drunkelew
drunken
drunken
adj
(obsolete) Saturated with liquid
Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
verb
(archaic, still occasionally in juxtaposition with eaten) past participle of drink
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate
drunkeness
drunkenly
drunkenly
adv
In a drunken manner.
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkennesses
drunkennesses
noun
plural of drunkenness
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
drunker
drunker
adj
comparative form of drunk: more drunk
drunkeries
drunkery
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
drunkly
drunkly
adv
In a drunk manner; drunkenly.
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
drunks
drunks
noun
plural of drunk
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
dukkeripen
dumbstricken
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
dunkard
dunker
dunker
noun
(basketball) A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
(naval) A kind of sonobuoy.
A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
Someone who dunks.
dunkerque
dunkers
dunkers
noun
plural of dunker
dunkerton
dunkirk
dunkirk
Proper noun
Dunkerque, a town in Nord-Pas de Calais, France
A village in Kent, England.
A city in Indiana, US.
A city in New York, US.
A village in Ohio, US.
A town in Wisconsin, US.
dunkirker
dunkirker
Noun
A commerce raider who operated a warship in the service of the Spanish Empire, during the Dutch Revolt, from the ports of the Flemish coast: Nieuwpoort, Ostend, and in particular Dunkirk.
dunkirque
durkin
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
grudgekin
gumpoldskirchner
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
humperdinck
hundredwork
hunkered
hunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hunker
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
iskenderun
junkboard
junkboard
noun
A kind of heavy millboard.
junkdealer
junkerdom
junkerdom
noun
The policies or attitudes of junkers.
junketeered
junketeered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of junketeer
junkyard
junkyard
noun
A business that sells used metal or items.
A place where rubbish is placed.
junkyards
junkyards
noun
plural of junkyard
kirundi
knurled
knurled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knurl
kommandatura
koridethianus
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kudrun
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
kundry
kunstlieder
kurdistan
kurland
mandruka
mitsukurinidae
mockground
moundwork
muckender
muckender
Noun
A handkerchief.
natureliked
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
nontrunked
nontrunked
adj
Not trunked.
outdrank
outdrank
verb
simple past tense of outdrink
outdrink
outdrink
verb
(transitive) To drink more than (someone else).
outdrinking
outdrinking
verb
present participle of outdrink
outdrinks
outdrinks
noun
plural of outdrink
outdrunk
outdrunk
verb
past participle of outdrink
outranked
outranked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrank
outreckoned
outreckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outreckon
overdrunk
poundkeeper
poundkeeper
noun
The keeper of a pound.
preundertake
preundertaken
preundertaking
preundertook
pseudobankrupt
quadrantlike
quadrantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a quadrant.
ravenduck
ravenduck
noun
Alternative form of raven's duck
reundertake
reundertake
verb
(transitive) To undertake again.
rockbound
rockbound
adj
(CB radio slang) Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals.
Surrounded by rocks.
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
roundrock
rubbernecked
rubbernecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rubberneck
rudinsky
runkled
runkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of runkle
soundtrack
soundtrack
noun
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
A recording of such music for sale.
Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
verb
To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
soundtracks
soundtracks
noun
plural of soundtrack
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
stunkard
subnetworked
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
tandjungpriok
thundercrack
thundercrack
noun
A peal of thunder; thunderclap.
thunderlike
thunderlike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
thunderstick
thunderstick
noun
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle.
A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.
thunderstricken
thunderstricken
adj
Thunderstruck.
verb
past participle of thunderstrike
thunderstrike
thunderstrike
verb
(transitive, figurative, now rare) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible.
(transitive, now rare) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning.
thunderstroke
thunderstroke
noun
thunderbolt
thunderstruck
thunderstruck
adj
Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
trackhound
trudnak
trunked
trunked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of trunk.
(obsolete) Cut off, severed; mutilated.
Of a two-way radio system: using a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.