Backlog /(băk"lŏg`; 115)/

Back·log

Backlog

n.
  1. A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. Contrasted to forestick. [U.S.]
    There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes.
    — S. G. Goodrich.
  2. An accumulation (of tasks or of materials) that were not performed or processed at the normal time and require attention; as, unexpected demand led to a large backlog of unfilled orders; politically motivated delays led to a large backlog of unconfirmed judicial appointments.