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
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
junkdealer
kenduskeag
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
neudeckian
outflanked
outflanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outflank
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
soundtrack
soundtrack
noun
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
A recording of such music for sale.
Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
verb
To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
sundaylike
sundaylike
Adjective
Resembling a Sunday or some aspect of one, especially the religious observances and abstinence from work of the Christian Sabbath.
trackhound
unattacked
unattacked
adj
Not having been attacked.
unawakened
unawakened
adj
Not awakened; sleeping; unconscious; unaware.
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
uncankered
uncankered
adj
Not cankered.
uncasketed
uncasketed
adj
Not enclosed in a casket.
undamasked
undamasked
adj
Not damasked.
undarkened
undarkened
adj
Not darkened.
underbaked
underbaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underbake
undercloak
undercloak
noun
(construction) A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.
verb
(construction, transitive) To apply such an underlayer to.
undermaker
undertaken
undertaken
verb
past participle of undertake
undertaker
undertaker
noun
(historical) A contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the Addled Parliament of 1614.
(historical) A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language.
(rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something.
A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.
undertakes
undertakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undertake
unembanked
unembanked
adj
Not embanked.
unimbanked
unimbanked
adj
Archaic form of unembanked.
unjacketed
unjacketed
adj
Not jacketed
unkidnaped
unlackeyed
unlackeyed
adj
Without a lackey or servant.
unladylike
unladylike
adj
Not ladylike; ill-mannered.
unmarketed
unmarketed
adj
Not marketed.
unnapkined
unnapkined
adj
Not covered with a napkin.
unpackaged
unpackaged
adj
Not packaged.
unremarked
unremarked
adj
(often with "upon") Not the subject of any remark
Not remarked or noticed; unnoticed.
unshackled
unshackled
adj
Not shackled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unshackle