| ambient |
a type of instrumental music characterized by patterns of sound rather than melodic form or rhythmic structure, and which can be explicitly listened to or serve as background or atmospheric sound. [1/3 definitions] |
| ancestry |
one's ancestors collectively; one's family background. [1/3 definitions] |
| backdrop |
the setting or background of anything. [1/2 definitions] |
| background |
of, relating to, or providing a background. [1/5 definitions] |
| back up |
to return to an earlier point in one's story or account, or give explanatory background to what one is saying. [1/8 definitions] |
| bas-relief |
sculpture in which the carved parts are raised only slightly from a flat background. |
| basset2 |
in geology, to protrude or emerge, as from a level, background, or buried part; crop out. [1/2 definitions] |
| behind |
in or as the background of. [1/10 definitions] |
| blueprint |
a photographic print of architectural or mechanical drawings, usu. done with white lines on a blue background. [1/3 definitions] |
| cameo |
a method of carving a gemstone so as to leave a slightly raised image of one color and a background of another. [2/3 definitions] |
| commentator |
one who provides a commentary, esp. one who reports news along with background information or interpretation in a radio or television broadcast. |
| dapple |
a patch or group of spotted markings of different shade or color than their background, or a single such mark. [1/4 definitions] |
| desktop |
in computing, a graphical interface on personal computers that represents the user's working space as icons on a background that covers the screen, or the folder whose contents are thus represented. [1/4 definitions] |
| diorama |
a scene represented by three-dimensional objects placed in front of a painted background, as in a natural history museum. [1/2 definitions] |
| d'or, in a field azure |
(combined French and English) of gold, on a blue background. |
| ecliptic |
the apparent path of the sun, as seen from the earth against the background stars. [1/3 definitions] |
| field |
a background, esp. of a painting or flag. [1/11 definitions] |
| folk |
(used with a pl. verb) (often pl.) a specific group of people, distinguished by common nationality, background, or style of life. [1/6 definitions] |
| ground bass |
a repeated bass passage that provides a background for changing music in the upper registers. |
| Johnson noise |
the thermal background noise heard on a radio receiver. |
| kinsman |
a man of the same race or cultural background as another person. [1/2 definitions] |