(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.
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
acetylenediurein
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinopterygious
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
againbuy
agglutinability
agglutinability
noun
The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
agglutinatively
agglutinatively
adv
In an agglutinative fashion; via agglutination.
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
agynarious
aktyubinsk
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminolysis
albuminometry
alcyonium
alcyonium
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
alluringly
alluringly
adv
In an alluring manner.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminosity
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
aluminyl
aluminyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Aluminium in the +1 oxidation state.
amphicondylous
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
anacatadidymus
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
anadidymus
anadidymus
noun
(pathology) An abnormality in which conjoined twins have a single head and upper body
analytique
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
aneurismally
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anguishously
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
anisocotyledonous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
anisogynous
anisoleucocytosis
anisomyodous
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
annuity
annuity
noun
(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
annularity
annularity
noun
The property of being annular.
annunciatory
annunciatory
adj
In the nature of an announcement
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antejudiciary
anteluminary
anterevolutionary
anthrahydroquinone
anthraquinonyl
antiautolysin
antiautolysin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of an autolysin
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
anticensoriously
anticeremoniously
anticommunistically
anticonstitutionally
anticonstitutionally
adv
(law) In an anticonstitutional manner.
anticontagiously
anticruelty
anticruelty
adj
Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals.
antidysuric
antieducationally
antienthusiastically
antievolutionally
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antigyrous
antihumanity
antihumanity
noun
The quality of being hostile towards humanity.
antiinsurrectionally
antiliturgically
antiliturgy
antiloquy
antimusically
antinaturally
antineutrality
antineutrality
adj
Opposing a policy of neutrality.
antineutrally
antiplurality
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiquarianly
antiquarianly
adv
In an antiquarian manner.
antiquary
antiquary
adj
Relating to antiquity.
noun
A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian.
An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past.
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
antiquity
antiquity
noun
(history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
(obsolete) An old gentleman.
(often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
Ancient times; faraway history; former ages
The people of ancient times.
The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
antireligiously
antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
adj
Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
noun
One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
antisensuality
antisensuously
antispiritually
antisubsidy
antisubsidy
adj
(politics) Opposing a subsidy.
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
antiuniversity
antiuniversity
adj
Opposing a university or universities in general.
anxiously
anxiously
adv
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
applaudingly
applaudingly
adv
in an applauding manner
appropinquity
appropinquity
noun
(obsolete) nearness; propinquity
aptitudinally
aptitudinally
adv
In an aptitudinal manner.
aquilinity
aquilinity
noun
The quality of being aquiline (resembling an eagle).
araucarioxylon
archantiquary
archisynagogue
archisynagogue
noun
(historical) The head of a synagogue.
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
argumentatively
argumentatively
adv
In an argumentative manner.
assumingly
assumingly
adv
In an assuming manner.
assuringly
assuringly
adv
In an assuring manner.
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
astronautically
astronautically
adv
In an astronautic way.
atlantodidymus
atymnius
aubigny
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
auricyanhydric
auricyanic
auricyanide
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
autantitypy
authentically
authentically
adv
In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
autoalkylation
autoanalysis
autoanalysis
noun
(chemistry) automated analysis
(psychology) analysis of oneself
autoanalytic
autoanalytic
adj
Relating to autoanalysis.
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
autodepolymerization
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autogenetically
autogenetically
adv
In an autogenetic manner.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohybridization
autohypnosis
autohypnosis
noun
Hypnosis of oneself.
autohypnotic
autohypnotic
adj
Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
autohypnotically
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
autohypnotization
autohypnotization
noun
Synonym of autohypnosis
autoimmunity
autoimmunity
noun
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.