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.
blockaderunning
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
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
crookfingered
crooklegged
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
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.
greekdom
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
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
headworking
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.
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
kingsford
kirovograd
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
knipperdolling
korngold
krongold
krugersdorp
mockground
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
nondrinking
nondrinking
adj
Being a nondrinker; not drinking alcohol.
nonforeknowledge
norridgewock
outdrinking
outdrinking
verb
present participle of outdrink
overdecking
overdecking
verb
present participle of overdeck
overdrinking
overdrinking
verb
present participle of overdrink
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
porridgelike
porridgelike
adj
Resembling porridge or some aspect of it.
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockading
preknowledge
preknowledge
noun
prior knowledge
prokindergarten
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
redocketing
redocketing
verb
present participle of redocket
redocking
redocking
noun
A method of producing a ligand-protein complex
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
rockledge
rockledge
Proper noun
A city in Florida
A borough in Pennsylvania
rodknight
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
sockdolager
sockdolager
noun
(US, fishing) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
(US, slang, dated) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.
sockdolagers
sockdolagers
noun
plural of sockdolager
sockdologer
sockdologer
noun
Alternative form of sockdolager
sockdologers
sockdologers
noun
plural of sockdologer
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbridge
stockriding
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
swordmaking
swordmaking
noun
The manufacture of swords.
tandjungpriok
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underkingdom
underkingdom
noun
A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
The realm of an underking.
underreckoning
underreckoning
verb
present participle of underreckon
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
underworking
underworking
noun
lower or underlying workings
verb
present participle of underwork
volkerwanderung
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
woodworking
woodworking
noun
The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and related skills of making things from wood.
verb
present participle of woodwork
woodworkings
woodworkings
noun
plural of woodworking
wordmaking
wordmaking
noun
The creation or coinage of words.
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.