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
backstring
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
barcolongo
barnacling
barnacling
verb
present participle of barnacle
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becrusting
beggarlice
bergamasca
bescouring
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
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.
blacksburg
blocksburg
boschneger
brachering
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
branchings
branchings
noun
plural of branching
branchling
branchling
noun
A small or young branch.
bratticing
bratticing
noun
The material used for forming brattices.
verb
present participle of brattice
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
butchering
butchering
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
verb
present participle of butcher
cabdriving
cabdriving
noun
The trade of a cabdriver.
cablegrams
cablegrams
noun
plural of cablegram
cannelburg
canonsburg
carpetbags
carpetbags
noun
plural of carpetbag
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
chargeable
chargeable
adj
(of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.
(rare) Liable to be accused (either formally or informally).
imputable
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
chatterbag
chatterbag
noun
(UK, dialect, informal) Synonym of chatterbox (“talkative person”)
clabbering
clabbering
verb
present participle of clabber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clergyable
clergyable
adj
(dated) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
clobbering
clobbering
adj
That clobbers.
noun
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of clobber
clubmonger
coalbagger
coatbridge
comburgess
comburgess
noun
A fellow burgess.
combwright
corbelling
corbelling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbelled masonry.
verb
present participle of corbel
corrigible
corrigible
adj
(obsolete) Deserving chastisement.
(obsolete) Having power to correct.
(obsolete) Submissive to correction
Able to be corrected or set right.
corrigibly
corrigibly
adv
In a corrigible manner; such that it can be corrected.
crabeating
cribbiting
crumblings
crumblings
noun
plural of crumbling
describing
describing
verb
present participle of describe
embraciveg
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
frenchburg
gabbroitic
glencarbon
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
gubernance
gubernance
noun
(obsolete) government
hackleburg
inscribing
inscribing
verb
present participle of inscribe
jacobsburg
lockesburg
quicksburg
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
reclimbing
reclimbing
verb
present participle of reclimb
richebourg
scanderbeg
schaumburg
schoenberg
schoenburg
scottsburg
scottsburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small town in Virginia, USA.
scrabbling
scrabbling
noun
A sound or motion that scrabbles.
verb
present participle of scrabble
scrambling
scrambling
adj
(botany) Having a stem too weak to support itself, instead attaching to and relying on the stems or trunks of stronger plants.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
noun
The act by which something is scrambled.
verb
present participle of scramble
scribblage
scribbling
scribbling
noun
That which has been scribbled, written in a scrawled or careless hand.
The carding of wool or cotton.
verb
present participle of scribble
scrubgrass
smicksburg
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.