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
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
noun
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
blocksburg
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
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
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
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.
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
ekebergite
ekebergite
noun
(archaic, mineralogy) Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
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
hackleburg
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
kabaragoya
kabaragoya
noun
The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
kapfenberg
keenesburg
keithsburg
klangfarbe
konigsberg
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lockesburg
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
parkesburg
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
quicksburg
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
ringbarked
ringbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ringbark
ringbarker
smicksburg
springboks
springboks
noun
plural of springbok
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.