(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.
albuminolysis
albuminometry
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
azoisobutyronitrile
bellybutton
bellybutton
noun
(informal) The navel or umbilicus.
bellybuttons
bellybuttons
noun
plural of bellybutton
benzofuryl
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bodybuilding
bodybuilding
noun
(dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
bonhomously
bounceably
bouncily
bouncily
adv
In a bouncy manner.
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
boundedly
boundedly
adv
In a bounded manner
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
boundlessly
boundlessly
adv
In a boundless manner.
boundly
bounteously
bounteously
adv
In a bounteous manner.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bountyless
bountyless
adj
Without bounty.
bronchiloquy
bronchopleurisy
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
buoyantly
buoyantly
adv
In a buoyant manner.
burdensomely
burdensomely
adv
In a burdensome fashion.
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
butylations
butylations
noun
plural of butylation
butyrolactone
butyrolactone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
byelorussian
byelorussians
chrysobalanus
claybourne
cogitabundly
columbyne
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.
conduceability
conducibly
conducibly
adv
In a conducible manner; so as to promote.
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confluxibility
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.
constructibility
constructibility
noun
(management) A project management technique to review construction processes and potential obstacles from start to finish, before building begins.
The condition of being constructible.
consubstantiality
consubstantiality
noun
The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially
consubstantially
adv
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributorily
contributorily
adv
In a contributory manner.
convulsibility
corybulbin
corybulbine
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.
cyclobutane
cyclobutane
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₈; a light inflammable gas.
cytoglobulin
demountability
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
deoxyribonucleic
deoxyribonucleic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
deoxyribonucleotide
deoxyribonucleotide
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleic
adj
Alternative form of deoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleoprotein
dishonourably
dishonourably
adv
(Britain) Alternative spelling of dishonorably
doublehandedly
doublehandedly
adv
Alternative form of double-handedly
doubtingly
doubtingly
adv
In a doubting manner.
dubiocrystalline
ferromolybdenum
ferromolybdenum
noun
An iron-molybdenum alloy.
funambulatory
funambulatory
adj
Narrow, like a tightrope.
Performing in the manner of a tightrope walker.
glastonbury
glastonbury
Proper noun
A town in Somerset, England.
The Glastonbury Festival.
A town in Connecticut.
groundably
honourably
honourably
adv
In an honourable manner.
hydrobilirubin
hydrobilirubin
noun
(biochemistry) A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.
hyomandibula
hyomandibula
noun
(biology) The bony or cartilaginous portion of the upper hyoid arch in some fish
hyomandibular
hyomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating both to the hyoid arch and the mandible or lower jaw.
(anatomy) Relating to the hyomandibula.
noun
(anatomy) The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.
hyperalbuminosis
hyperalbuminosis
noun
Severe albuminosis
hypoalbuminemia
hypoalbuminemia
noun
(pathology) The presence of an abnormally low concentration of albumin in the blood.
incombustibility
incombustibility
noun
The quality or state of being incombustible.
incombustibly
incombustibly
adv
In an incombustible manner.
incommensurability
incommensurability
noun
The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
incommensurably
incommensurably
adv
In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
incommunicability
incommunicability
noun
The quality or state of being incommunicable.
incommunicably
incommunicably
adv
In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
incommutability
incommutability
noun
The quality or state of being incommutable.
incommutably
incommutably
adv
In an incommutable manner.
incomputably
incomputably
adv
To an incomputable degree.
inconfutably
inconsumably
inconsumably
adv
Such that it cannot be consumed or used up; inexhaustibly.
incorruptibility
incorruptibility
noun
The condition of being incorruptible; honesty.
The condition of never decaying or decomposing (especially, as ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity).
incorruptibly
incorruptibly
adv
In an incorruptible manner.
indijbiously
indissolubility
indissolubility
noun
The quality or state of being indissoluble.
indissolubly
indissolubly
adv
In an indissoluble manner; in a manner that is unable to be dissolved.
indubiously
indubiously
adv
Synonym of without a doubt
inobtrusively
inobtrusively
adv
In an inobtrusive manner.
inoculability
inoculability
noun
The quality of being inoculable.
insalubriously
insalubriously
adv
In an insalubrious manner.
insolubility
insolubility
noun
The quality of being insoluble
insolubly
insolubly
adv
In an insoluble manner; irresolubly, irresolvably.
insubordinately
insubordinately
adv
In an insubordinate manner.
insupportably
insupportably
adv
In an insupportable manner.
insurmounably
insurmountability
insurmountability
noun
The state or quality of being insurmountable.
insurmountably
insurmountably
adv
In an insurmountable manner.
To an insurmountable extent.
intercommunicability
intercommunicability
noun
The ability to intercommunicate.
intersolubility
intersolubility
noun
(chemistry) The quality of being intersoluble.
isobutylene
isobutylene
noun
(organic chemistry) methylpropene; isobutene
isobutylenes
isobutylenes
noun
plural of isobutylene
isocorybulbin
isocorybulbine
labouringly
labouringly
adv
With labour; strenuously.
laryngovestibulitis
libidinously
libidinously
adv
In a libidinous manner.
lounsbury
lumbodynia
lumbodynia
noun
(pathology) lower back pain
lyndeborough
mandibulohyoid
mandibulohyoid
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch
Situated between the mandibular and the hyoid arch
mandibulomaxillary
mandibulomaxillary
adj
mandibular and maxillary
mandibulopharyngeal
mandibulopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the mandible and the pharynx.
membranaceously
membranaceously
adv
In a membranaceous manner.
membranously
membranously
adv
In a membranous manner.
molybdeniferous
molybdeniferous
adj
Containing or producing molybdenum.
molybdenous
molybdenous
adj
(chemistry) Relating to molybdenum in a +6 oxidation state
molybdenum
molybdenum
noun
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.
A single atom of this element.
molybdenums
molybdenums
noun
plural of molybdenum
molybdonosus
moribundly
moribundly
adv
In a moribund way.
mountably
mountably
adv
Such that it can be mounted.
mountebankly
myoalbumin
myoglobinuria
myoglobinuria
noun
The presence of more than trace amounts of myoglobin in the urine, usually associated with rhabdomyolysis or muscle destruction.
myoglobulin
myoglobulin
noun
(biochemistry) The globulin of muscle tissue
myohemoglobinuria
nebulosity
nebulosity
noun
(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
nebulously
nebulously
adv
As if viewed through a cloud or haze.
In a manner like that of a cloud or haze.
Vaguely, without clear purpose or specific intention.
neighbourly
neighbourly
adj
(Britain, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.