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.
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
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.
boundbrook
buckatunna
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
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
budennovsk
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bullockman
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumsucking
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
burbankian
burbankism
bushmaking
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
cambyuskan
chelyuskin
cherubikon
chuckingly
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
chutzpanik
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cruikshank
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoopint
cuckoopint
noun
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
drunkeness
drunkeries
dukkeripen
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
eskilstuna
evtushenko
feckulence
fernambuck
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkeyism
flunkeyism
noun
Alternative form of flunkyism
flunkeyite
flunkeyize
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
franciskus
frankfurts
frankfurts
noun
plural of frankfurt
frankhouse
funguslike
funguslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fungus.
funnellike
funnellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a funnel.
gitanemuck
glucokinin
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
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.
guerickian
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
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
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
hughmanick
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
hunterlike
hunterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hunter.
iskenderun
jackquelin
junkdealer
junketeers
junketeers
noun
plural of junketeer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of junketeer
kailuakona
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kaunakakai
kechumaran
keenesburg
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
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
kibbutznik
kibbutznik
noun
A member of a kibbutz.
kigensetsu
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kinghunter
kinofluous
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
klagenfurt
klendusity
klendusity
noun
(botany) resistance to infection
klendusive
kluczynski
klutziness
klutziness
noun
The quality of being klutzy, or being a klutz.
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.
knockwurst
knockwurst
noun
Alternative spelling of knackwurst
knuckliest
knuckliest
adj
superlative form of knuckly: most knuckly
knuclesome
kokumingun
kommunarsk
korntunnur
kremenchug
kristinaux
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
kunkletown
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
kurchicine
kuropatkin
kuropatkin
Proper noun
Russian Imperial Minister of War from 1898 to 1904.
kurtistown
kusimansel
leukocidin
leukocidin
noun
Alternative form of leucocidin
leukopenia
leukopenia
noun
(medicine) An abnormally low count of leukocytes, or white blood cells, in the blood.
leukopenic
leukopenic
adj
(not comparable) Characterized by, or concerning, leukopenia.
Having leukopenia.
leukotaxin
leverkusen
lieberkuhn
lockbourne
longshucks
lubiniezky
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
mockground
moonstruck
moonstruck
adj
(by extension) Showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature.
(obsolete) Crazy or insane when affected by the phases of the Moon.
(obsolete) Made sick, or (like fishes) unsuitable for food, by the supposed influence of the Moon.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
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.