1. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training.

Rhymes with Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

• deinstitutionalization
• institutionalization
• self-congratulation
• antidiscrimination
• telecommunication
• nondiscrimination
• misrepresentation
• mischaracterization
• internationalization
• industrialization
• decriminalization
• transillumination
• self-determination
• renationalization
• recapitalization
• prestidigitation
• misinterpretation
• misidentification
• miscommunication
• experimentation
• excommunication
• disqualification
• discontinuation
• denationalization
• decentralization
• transplantation
• singularization
• self-perpetuation
• securitization
• reinterpretation

2. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.

3. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.

4. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.

5. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.

6. background

noun. ['ˈbækˌgraʊnd'] the state of the environment in which a situation exists.

7. radiation

noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles.

8. radiation

noun. ['ˌreɪdiːˈeɪʃən'] the act of spreading outward from a central source.

9. microwave

noun. ['ˈmaɪkrəˌweɪv'] a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data.

10. cosmic

adjective. ['ˈkɑːzmɪk'] inconceivably extended in space or time.