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
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
buckatunna
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
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.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bullockman
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
burbankian
burbankism
bushmaking
cambyuskan
chutzpanik
cruikshank
eskilstuna
fernambuck
franciskus
frankfurts
frankfurts
noun
plural of frankfurt
frankhouse
gitanemuck
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
guerickian
gulbenkian
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
haimsucken
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
hughmanick
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
jackquelin
junkdealer
kailuakona
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kaunakakai
kechumaran
kenduskeag
kentuckian
kentuckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Kentucky in the United States of America.
keratinous
keratinous
adj
Consisting of, or made from keratin.
keratoncus
klagenfurt
knackwurst
knackwurst
noun
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
knockabout
knockabout
adj
Boisterous
Suitable for rough use.
noun
(circus) A tumbler.
(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
(sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
A person living in rough, violent conditions.
A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
Clothing suitable for rough use.
kommunarsk
kristinaux
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
kuropatkin
kuropatkin
Proper noun
Russian Imperial Minister of War from 1898 to 1904.
kusimansel
leukopenia
leukopenia
noun
(medicine) An abnormally low count of leukocytes, or white blood cells, in the blood.
leukotaxin
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
nachtmusik
naturelike
naturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of nature.
naumkeager
naumkeager
noun
(historical) The operator of a naumkeag machine.
neudeckian
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
nutbreaker
nutbreaker
noun
The nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
nutcracker
nutcracker
noun
(US, New York City) A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
(informal) Something difficult to figure out; a puzzle
(ornithology) Either of two birds of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
An implement for cracking nuts.
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outblacken
outflanked
outflanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outflank
outflanker
outflanker
noun
(military) One who is positioned so as to outflank the enemy in combat.
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
outtalking
outtalking
verb
present participle of outtalk
outtasking
outtasking
verb
present participle of outtask
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
pennsauken
pequannock
plankbuilt
pluckerian
purbeckian
purkinjean
purkinjean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Johannes Evangelists Purkinje, 1787-1869), Czech anatomist and physiologist, or to his discoveries.
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
quakertown
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
racknumber
rebankrupt
rebankrupt
verb
(transitive) To bankrupt again.
shakuntala
shakyamuni
skupshtina
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
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
splacknuck
subtasking
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
sultanlike
sultanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sultan.
sunbreaker
sundaylike
sundaylike
Adjective
Resembling a Sunday or some aspect of one, especially the religious observances and abstinence from work of the Christian Sabbath.
thankfully
thankfully
adv
(sometimes proscribed) fortunately, gratefully.
In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
trackhound
truantlike
truantlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a truant.
trunkmaker
trunkmaker
noun
A maker of trunks, chests, and cases.
tubemaking
tubemaking
noun
The manufacture of tubes.
tunemaking
turbanlike
turbanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
turkmenian
turkomania
turkomanic
tuscanlike
tutworkman
tutworkman
noun
A laborer who carries out tut-work.
ukrainians
unakhotana
unaskingly
unasterisk
unattacked
unattacked
adj
Not having been attacked.
unawakable
unawakable
adj
Unable to be awoken.
unawakened
unawakened
adj
Not awakened; sleeping; unconscious; unaware.
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbankable
unbankable
Adjective
Not bankable.
unbankably
unbankrupt
unbreaking
unbreaking
adj
That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.
verb
present participle of unbreak
uncankered
uncankered
adj
Not cankered.
uncasketed
uncasketed
adj
Not enclosed in a casket.
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
uncloaking
uncloaking
verb
present participle of uncloak
uncookable
uncookable
adj
Not cookable.
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