Term: background: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: thermionic current: an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: cardiopulmonary exercise: exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: peer: a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: steam engine: external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: irony: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: last word: the final statement in a verbal argument
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: root canal: the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: back: a support that you can lean against while sitting
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: workmen's compensation: compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment
Broader: accompaniment: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | Unrelated: atom bomb: a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)