(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
accusably
accusably
adv
in an accusable manner, in a manner chargeable with crime or fault
acetylbiuret
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acrobryous
amblyacousia
amblycephalus
amblyocarpous
amblyrhynchus
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
articulability
articulability
noun
The quality or degree of being articulable.
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autosymbiontic
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
bacury
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
bathycurrent
baycuru
bicycular
bicycular
adj
(archaic) Relating to bicycling.
bidactylous
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bimolecularly
bimolecularly
adv
In bimolecular terms.
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blastomycetous
bodaciously
bodaciously
adv
In a bodacious manner.
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
bounceably
brachelytrous
brachelytrous
adj
(entomology, of a beetle) That has short elytrons
brachycephalous
brachycephalous
adj
Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic.
brachycerous
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
brachydodromous
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
brachyoura
brachyphyllum
brachypleural
brachypodous
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
brachystomatous
brachystomous
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
brachyura
brachyural
brachyural
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
brachyuranic
brachyuranic
adj
Synonym of brachyuran
brachyure
brachyurous
brachyurous
adj
(zoology) brachyural
brachyurus
bradyacousia
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
bradycauma
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
bryaceous
bryaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Bryaceae.
bucayo
bucayo
noun
Candied coconut meat.
buccally
buccally
adv
(dentistry, medicine) Via buccal administration; via absorption through the mucosa of the cheek.
(dentistry, medicine, referring to force, movement, or both) In the buccal direction; toward the cheek.
In a buccal manner, such as:
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckleya
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
bucolically
bucolically
adv
In a bucolic manner.
buddhistically
buddhistically
Adverb
as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist
buoyance
buoyance
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant
buoyances
buoyances
noun
plural of buoyance
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
buoyancy
buoyancy
noun
(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.
(physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
bureaucracy
bureaucracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
(chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
bureaucratically
bureaucratically
adv
In a bureaucratic manner.
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
butyrically
butyrochloral
butyrolactone
butyrolactone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
buyback
buyback
noun
(countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.
A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
buybacks
buybacks
noun
plural of buyback
byssaceous
byssaceous
adj
Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.
cabuya
cabuyas
calculability
calculability
noun
The condition of being calculable
calculably
calculably
adv
In a calculable manner
cambyuskan
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
carnaubyl
cassabully
cassabully
noun
(UK, Cornwall, dialect, obsolete) winter cress
causability
causability
noun
The condition of being causable
cayubaba
cayubaban
censurability
censurability
Noun
The state or condition of being censurable; blameworthiness.
censurably
censurably
adv
In a censurable manner.
cerebromedullary
cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebrum and medulla.
chalybeous
chalybeous
adj
(zoology) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
cherubically
cherubically
adv
In a cherubic way.
chlamydobacteriaceous
chrysobalanus
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
circumambiency
circumambiency
Noun
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
circumambiently
circumambiently
adv
In a circumambient manner.
circumambulatory
circumambulatory
adj
Designed especially for ritualistic circumambulation.
That is circumambulating.
circumstantiability
claybourne
claysburg
clubability
clubability
noun
Alternative form of clubbability
clubbability
clubbability
noun
The quality of being clubbable.
coagulability
coagulability
noun
The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
colourability
colourability
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of colorability
colourably
colourably
adv
Alternative form of colorably
columbary
columbary
noun
A pigeon house or dovecot.
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commensurably
commensurably
adv
In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
communicability
communicability
noun
The quality of being communicable.
communicably
communicably
adv
In a communicable manner.
commutability
commutability
noun
The quality of being commutable.
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
concubitancy
conduceability
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
conjecturably
conjecturably
adv
In a conjecturable manner
conjugably
connubiality
connubiality
noun
Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
The quality of being connubial.
connubially
connubially
adv
as in marriage
constabulary
constabulary
adj
Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
Of or relating to constables.
noun
A police force.
The police in a particular district or area.
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
consubstantiality
consubstantiality
noun
The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially
consubstantially
adv
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
contributary
contributary
adj
Obsolete form of contributory.
corynebacterium
corynebacterium
noun
Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
countability
countability
noun
The quality of being countable.
countably
countably
adv
(mathematics) In a way that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
In a countable manner; in a way that can be counted.