| 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. |
| DEFROCKING | • defrocking v. Present participle of defrock. • defrocking n. The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. • DEFROCK v. to deprive of priestly frock or ecclesiastical rank, also UNFROCK. |
| DERRICKING | • derricking v. Present participle of derrick. • DERRICK v. to hoist by use of a derrick. |
| DISBARKING | • disbarking v. Present participle of disbark. • DISBARK v. to strip of bark. |
| DISPARKING | • disparking v. Present participle of dispark. • DISPARK v. (archaic) to make no longer a park. |
| DISRANKING | • disranking v. Present participle of disrank. • DISRANK v. to reduce rank. |
| DRAGONLIKE | • dragonlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a dragon. • DRAGONLIKE adj. like a dragon. |
| GROUNDWORK | • groundwork n. The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest. • ground-work n. Alternative spelling of groundwork. • GROUNDWORK n. that which forms the ground or foundation of anything. |
| KAMERADING | • kamerading v. Present participle of kamerad. • KAMERAD v. (German) to surrender. |
| KANGAROOED | • kangarooed v. Simple past tense and past participle of kangaroo. • KANGAROO v. to bound like a kangaroo. |
| KRUGERRAND | • krugerrand n. Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand. • Krugerrand n. (Numismatics) A gold coin minted in South Africa, containing a full troy ounce of gold. • KRUGERRAND n. a South African coin, used for investment, containing one troy ounce of fine gold. |
| MUDLARKING | • mudlarking v. Present participle of mudlark. • MUDLARK v. to follow the occupation of a mudlark. |
| REKINDLING | • rekindling v. Present participle of rekindle. • rekindling n. The act of kindling again. • REKINDLING n. the act of kindling again. |
| RINGBARKED | • ringbarked v. Simple past tense and past participle of ringbark. • ring-barked v. Simple past tense and past participle of ring-bark. • RINGBARK v. to strip a ring of bark from a tree. |
| ROADMAKING | • roadmaking n. The construction of roads. • ROADMAKING n. road building. |
| SKELDERING | • skeldering v. Present participle of skelder. • SKELDER v. to beg; to swindle; to cheat. |
| UNDERKINGS | • underkings n. Plural of underking. • UNDERKING n. a sub-king. |