| BACKBURNED | • backburned v. Simple past tense and past participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BACKGROUNDED | • backgrounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of background. • backgrounded adj. Moved to the background. • backgrounded adj. (Computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive. |
| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
| BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
| BLACKGUARDING | • blackguarding v. Present participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| COUNTERBLOCKADE | • counterblockade n. A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade. • COUNTERBLOCKADE n. an opposing blockade. |
| DUMBSTRICKEN | • DUMBSTRICKEN adj. made silent by astonishment, also DUMBSTRUCK. |
| NEUROFEEDBACK | • neurofeedback n. The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes… • NEUROFEEDBACK n. a therapy technique that presents the user with realtime feedback on brainwave activity. |
| NEUROFEEDBACKS | • NEUROFEEDBACK n. a therapy technique that presents the user with realtime feedback on brainwave activity. |
| ROCKBOUND | • rockbound adj. Surrounded by rocks. • rockbound adj. (CB radio slang) Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals. • ROCKBOUND adj. hemmed in by rock, rocky. |
| RUBBERNECKED | • rubbernecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of rubberneck. • RUBBERNECK v. to look curiously at something. |
| UNBRACKETED | • unbracketed adj. Not bracketed. • UNBRACKETED adj. not bracketed. |