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
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
blocksburg
boghazkeui
breakshugh
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bumsucking
bushmaking
chuckingly
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
doughmaker
funguslike
funguslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fungus.
gitanemuck
glucokinin
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
gorkiesque
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
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
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gulbenkian
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gurolinick
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hackleburg
hughmanick
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
keenesburg
keithsburg
kenduskeag
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
kiesselgur
kigensetsu
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kinghunter
klagenfurt
kokumingun
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
kremenchug
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lockesburg
longshucks
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
mockground
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
mussorgski
mussorgsky
naumkeager
naumkeager
noun
(historical) The operator of a naumkeag machine.
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outcooking
outcooking
verb
present participle of outcook
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outkicking
outkicking
verb
present participle of outkick
outkissing
outkissing
verb
present participle of outkiss
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
outrocking
outrocking
verb
present participle of outrock
outseeking
outsmoking
outsmoking
verb
present participle of outsmoke
outsulking
outsulking
verb
present participle of outsulk
outtalking
outtalking
verb
present participle of outtalk
outtasking
outtasking
verb
present participle of outtask
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
outworking
outworking
noun
The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something.
verb
present participle of outwork
parkesburg
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
quickening
quickening
noun
An increase of speed.
Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
The action of bringing someone or something to life.
The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
verb
present participle of quicken
quicksburg
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
shunpiking
shunpiking
verb
present participle of shunpike
skulkingly
skulkingly
adv
In a skulking manner.
smicksburg
spelunking
spelunking
noun
The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns.
verb
present participle of spelunk
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
subpackage
subpackage
noun
(object-oriented programming) A package situated hierarchically below another package.
A physical package contained within another package.
verb
(transitive) To place (an object) in a package which is itself inside a package.
subtasking
sugarworks
thoughtkin
tonguelike
tonguelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tongue.
troughlike
troughlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
tubemaking
tubemaking
noun
The manufacture of tubes.
tuckasegee
tunemaking
turfskiing
unaskingly
unblinking
unblinking
adj
Not blinking.
unblocking
unblocking
noun
The process by which something is unblocked.
verb
present participle of unblock
unbreaking
unbreaking
adj
That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.
verb
present participle of unbreak
unbuckling
unbuckling
noun
The act of unfastening a buckle.
verb
present participle of unbuckle
uncloaking
uncloaking
verb
present participle of uncloak
uncrooking
uncrooking
verb
present participle of uncrook
undrinking
undrinking
verb
present participle of undrink
unfrisking
unfrocking
unfrocking
noun
The act of somebody being unfrocked.
verb
present participle of unfrock
unfroglike
unfroglike
adj
Not froglike.
ungainlike
ungamelike
ungamelike
adj
Not gamelike.
ungermlike
ungoatlike
ungoatlike
adj
Not goatlike.
unjokingly
unjokingly
adv
Without joking; not in jest; seriously.
unkindling
unkindling
adj
That does not kindle.
unkinglike
unkinglike
adj
Not kinglike.
unkneeling
unkneeling
adj
Not kneeling.
unknighted
unknighted
adj
Not knighted.
unknightly
unknightly
adj
Not knightly.
Of behaviour, not befitting a knight; ungallant.
unknitting
unknitting
verb
present participle of unknit
unknocking
unknocking
adj
Not knocking.
unknotting
unknotting
noun
The act of untying a knot.
verb
present participle of unknot
unpackaged
unpackaged
adj
Not packaged.
unshirking
unshirking
adj
Not shirking; attentive to one's duty.
unshocking
unshocking
adj
Not shocking.
unslacking
unslacking
adj
Not slacking; without respite.
unslinking
unsmirking
unsmirking
adj
Not smirking.
unsneaking
unspeaking
unspeaking
adj
Mute, unable to speak for physical or psychological reasons.