10-Letter Words Containing: B,C,D,N,O,U

• a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

• extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

• scenery hung at back of stage

• understate the importance or quality of

• a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize

• march out (as from a defile) into open ground

• pass out or emerge; especially of rivers

• not joined or united into one

• make less visible or unclear

• a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate

• the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

• (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body