Nouns in english

• backflow — Noun – English ～ a flow that returns toward its source
• backflowing — Noun – English ～ a flow that returns toward its source
• backgammon — Noun – English ～ a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
• background — Noun – English ～ (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
• background — Noun – English ～ scenery hung at back of stage
• background — Noun – English ～ information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
• background — Noun – English ～ the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
• background — Noun – English ～ the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
• background — Noun – English ～ relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
• background — Noun – English ～ extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
• background — Noun – English ～ a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
• backgrounder — Noun – English ～ a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy; "the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues"
• backgrounding — Noun – English ～ the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
• backhand — Noun – English ～ a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
• backhander — Noun – English ～ a backhanded blow
• backhoe — Noun – English ～ an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
• backing — Noun – English ～ the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
• backing — Noun – English ～ something forming a back that is added for strengthening
• backing — Noun – English ～ financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
• backlash — Noun – English ～ an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

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