| 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. |
| FIGUREWORK | • figurework n. Decorative figures. • figurework n. Arithmetic; mathematics done with figures. • FIGUREWORK n. counting or calculation using numbers. |
| GOATSUCKER | • goatsucker n. Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. • GOATSUCKER n. the nightjar, a bird similar to the swift, falsely thought to suck goats' udders for milk. |
| 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. |
| GROUPTHINK | • groupthink n. A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance… • group-think n. Alternative form of groupthink. • GROUPTHINK n. a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception and conformity to group values. |
| GROUPWORKS | • GROUPWORK n. work carried out by a number of people acting together. |
| GROUSELIKE | • grouselike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a grouse. • GROUSELIKE adj. like a grouse. |
| GUESSWORKS | • guessworks n. Plural of guesswork. • GUESSWORK n. the process or result of guessing. |
| KURRAJONGS | • kurrajongs n. Plural of kurrajong. • KURRAJONG n. (Native Australian) an Australian evergreen, also CURRAJONG, CURREJONG, CURRIJONG. |
| OUTBARKING | • outbarking v. Present participle of outbark. • OUTBARK v. to surpass in barking. |
| OUTRANKING | • outranking v. Present participle of outrank. • OUTRANK v. to rank higher than. |
| OUTROCKING | • outrocking v. Present participle of outrock. • OUTROCK v. to surpass in rocking. |
| OUTWORKING | • outworking n. The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something. • outworking v. Present participle of outwork. • OUTWORK v. to work faster than. |
| PRONGBUCKS | • prongbucks n. Plural of prongbuck. • PRONGBUCK n. the springbuck. |
| ROUGHBACKS | • ROUGHBACK n. a rough-skinned flatfish. |
| ROUGHNECKS | • roughnecks n. Plural of roughneck. • ROUGHNECK v. to work as a roughneck on an oil rig. |
| TROUGHLIKE | • troughlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a trough. • TROUGHLIKE adj. like a trough. |
| UNFROCKING | • unfrocking v. Present participle of unfrock. • unfrocking n. The act of somebody being unfrocked. • UNFROCK v. to divest of ecclesiastical authority, also DEFROCK. |
| WORKGROUPS | • workgroups n. Plural of workgroup. • WORKGROUP n. a group of computer users linked by a network. |