(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.
acetylenediurein
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
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.
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
anacatadidymus
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
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.
anisocotyledonous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
anisoleucocytosis
annunciatory
annunciatory
adj
In the nature of an announcement
antejudiciary
anticensoriously
anticeremoniously
anticommunistically
anticonstitutionally
anticonstitutionally
adv
(law) In an anticonstitutional manner.
anticontagiously
anticruelty
anticruelty
adj
Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals.
antidysuric
antieducationally
antienthusiastically
antiinsurrectionally
antiliturgically
antimusically
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductively
antiproductivity
archantiquary
astronautically
astronautically
adv
In an astronautic way.
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
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.
autoanalytic
autoanalytic
adj
Relating to autoanalysis.
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autogenetically
autogenetically
adv
In an autogenetic manner.
autohypnotic
autohypnotic
adj
Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
autohypnotically
autolaryngoscopic
autonomically
autonomically
adv
In an autonomic manner
With reference to the autonomic nervous system
autopsychoanalysis
autopsychoanalysis
noun
psychoanalysis of oneself
autosymbiontic
avuncularity
avuncularity
noun
The condition of being an uncle.
The condition of being avuncular.
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
calculatingly
calculatingly
adv
In a calculating manner.
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
catechumenically
caustifying
cautionary
cautionary
adj
(obsolete) Held as security or hostage
Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
Serving to ward off; preventive
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
censurability
censurability
Noun
The state or condition of being censurable; blameworthiness.
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
chauvinistically
chauvinistically
adv
In a chauvinistic manner; with excessive patriotism or unwarranted bias.
chiastoneury
chiastoneury
noun
streptoneury
churchanity
churchanity
noun
Synonym of Churchianity
churchianity
churchianity
Noun
Any practices of Christianity that are viewed as placing a larger emphasis on the habits of church life or the institutional traditions of the church than on theology and spiritual teachings of Jesus; the quality of being too church-focused.
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
circumambiently
circumambiently
adv
In a circumambient manner.
circumferentially
circumferentially
adv
In a way that encircles; around the circumference.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumlocutionary
circumlocutionary
adj
(of speech) Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.
Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumnutatory
circumnutatory
adj
circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation
circumplanetary
circumplanetary
adj
(astronomy) Surrounding a planet
circumstantiability
circumstantiality
circumstantiality
noun
(countable) A minor detail or circumstantial matter.
(uncountable) Extreme attention to minute or irrelevant detail.
circumstantially
circumstantially
adv
In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
in a circumstantial manner
clairaudiently
clairaudiently
adv
In a clairaudient way; by means of clairaudience.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coeducationally
coeducationally
adv
In a coeducational manner.
coevolutionary
coevolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
coinstantaneously
coinstantaneously
adv
At the same instant in time.
colourationally
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
communality
communality
noun
(mathematics) A measure of variance in factor analysis.
The condition of being communal.
The extent to which something is communal.
communicability
communicability
noun
The quality of being communicable.
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
communicatory
communicatory
adj
Whose function is to communicate
communistically
communistically
adv
In a communistic manner.
communitary
compunctionary
computationally
computationally
adv
In a computational manner
Using computation
conceptualistically
conceptualistically
adv
In a conceptualistic sense.
conceptuality
conceptuality
noun
the state or quality of being conceptual
concubitancy
conduceability
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
conjecturality
conjecturality
noun
The property of being conjectural.
conjugality
conjugality
noun
The condition of being conjugal.
The conjugal state; marriage; sexual intercourse.
conjugationally
conjugationally
adv
In terms of conjugation.
conjunctionally
conjunctionally
adv
In a conjunctional manner; with regard to conjunction
connaturality
connaturality
noun
The condition of being connatural.
connubiality
connubiality
noun
Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
The quality of being connubial.
consanguinity
consanguinity
noun
A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
consequentiality
consequentiality
noun
The property of being consequential.
consequentially
consequentially
adv
In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
constitutionality
constitutionality
noun
(law) The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution
constitutionally
constitutionally
adv
In accordance with a political constitution.
Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.
constitutionary
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
constructionally
constructionally
adv
In a constructional manner
With regard to construction
consubstantiality
consubstantiality
noun
The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially
consubstantially
adv
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
consuetudinary
consuetudinary
adj
(law) Customary; considered law by virtue of the fact that it is generally observed.
noun
A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consummatively
contagiously
contagiously
adv
In a contagious manner
continuality
continuality
noun
The condition of being continual
continually
continually
adv
In a continual manner; non-stop.
In regular or repeated succession; very often.
continuancy
continuancy
noun
Alternative form of continuance
continuantly
continuately
continuatively
continuatively
adv
in continuative manner
contradictiously
contradictiously
adv
In a contradictious manner.
contraregularity
contrarevolutionary
contrariously
contrariously
adv
(obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely.
contributary
contributary
adj
Obsolete form of contributory.
contumaciously
contumaciously
adv
In a contumacious manner.
contumacity
contumacity
noun
Alternative form of contumacy
convolutionary
corynebacterium
corynebacterium
noun
Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
cosmonautically
cotylosaurian
cotylosaurian
adj
(paleontology) Of or pertaining to cotylosaurs.
Having characteristics of a cotylosaur.
countability
countability
noun
The quality of being countable.
counteractingly
counteractingly
adv
In a way that counteracts.
counteractively
counteractively
adv
In a counteractive manner.
counteractivity
counteractivity
noun
counteraction; action that opposes or goes against something
counterartillery
counterartillery
adj
Synonym of antiartillery
counterattractively
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionary
adj
In opposition to a revolution.
noun
A person who opposes a revolution and attempts to reverse the changes made by it.
countertechnicality
countertechnicality
noun
(rare) A technicality introduced in opposition to another technicality.
countervairy
countervairy
adj
(heraldry, of a field or charge, rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.