Anagrams of BACKGROUNDER

• a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy

• 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

• unsupported by other people

• solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil

• principles from which other truths can be derived

• any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

• having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

• used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

• male roe deer

• a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

• United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

• a piece of paper money worth one dollar

• a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

• mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

• to strive with determination

• resist

• move quickly and violently

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

• fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

• large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan