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
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
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
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
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
blakesburg
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
breakshugh
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
dekagramme
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
doughmaker
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
earmarking
earmarking
noun
An earmark (funding designation).
An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal).
verb
present participle of earmark
ereshkigal
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
frankewing
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garnetlike
garnetwork
gastrodisk
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gawkhammer
girdlecake
glassmaker
glassmaker
noun
A person or company that makes glass or glass items.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
grannyknot
grapestalk
gravemaker
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
guerickian
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
hackleburg
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
hedgemaker
hedgemaker
noun
One who constructs a hedge.
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
ironmaking
ironmaking
noun
The making of iron (from an ore)
jogjakarta
kabaragoya
kabaragoya
noun
The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
kalgoorlie
kalgoorlie
Proper noun
A city in Western Australia.
kangarooer
kangarooer
noun
One who hunts kangaroos.
kapfenberg
karamojong
karamojong
Proper noun
A Nilo-Saharan language of Uganda.
karinghota
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
kentigerma
keratalgia
keratalgia
noun
Pain of the cornea
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
khagiarite
khagiarite
noun
(mineralogy) A black vitreous variety of pantellerite.
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmatgar
khitmatgar
noun
(British India, South Asia) A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kilogramme
kilogramme
noun
(UK) Dated spelling of kilogram.
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kirghizean
kirovograd
klagenfurt
klangfarbe
kollergang
kollergang
noun
edge mill
koniggratz
krageroite
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
kratogenic
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lagerkvist
marketings
marketings
noun
plural of marketing
mismarking
mismarking
noun
An incorrect marking.
verb
present participle of mismark
moonraking
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
naumkeager
naumkeager
noun
(historical) The operator of a naumkeag machine.
nonarcking
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overraking
overraking
verb
present participle of overrake
overtaking
overtaking
noun
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
verb
present participle of overtake
parkesburg
pelargikon
piatigorsk
prankingly
prankingly
adv
(archaic) With showy display or adornment.
prepackage
prepackage
verb
(transitive) To enclose in packaging prior to sale.
prepacking
prepacking
verb
present participle of prepack
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
racinglike
racinglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of racing.
rainmaking
rainmaking
noun
(US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.
ranklingly
ranklingly
adv
In a way that rankles.
ransacking
ransacking
noun
The act by which something is ransacked.
verb
present participle of ransack
reedmaking
repackaged
repackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repackage
repackager
repackager
noun
An individual or company that repackages a product.
repackages
repackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repackage
restacking
restacking
noun
The act or result of stacking something again.
verb
present participle of restack
retracking
retracking
verb
present participle of retrack
rewakening
rewakening
noun
(archaic) reawakening
verb
present participle of rewaken
ringbarked
ringbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ringbark
ringbarker
ringmaking
ringmaking
noun
The manufacture of rings (type of jewellery).
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
ropemaking
ropemaking
noun
The manufacture of rope.
shikarring
shikarring
verb
present participle of shikar
shrinkages
shrinkages
noun
plural of shrinkage
skiagraphy
skipperage
skraelling
skylarking
skylarking
noun
(originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
verb
present participle of skylark
sparkingly
sparkingly
adv
With or by sparks.
stackering
stackgarth
strackling
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.