(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.
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
aeschynomenous
amphicondylous
anacatadidymus
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
anapterygotous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
anthraquinonyl
antineutrality
antineutrality
adj
Opposing a policy of neutrality.
antisensuality
antisensuously
antiuniversity
antiuniversity
adj
Opposing a university or universities in general.
araucarioxylon
archisynagogue
archisynagogue
noun
(historical) The head of a synagogue.
argyranthemous
asynchronously
asynchronously
adv
In an asynchronous manner.
atlantodidymus
augmentatively
augmentatively
adv
In an augmentative fashion.
auricyanhydric
autoalkylation
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autophyllogeny
autosymbiontic
azoxytoluidine
boroughmongery
boroughmongery
Noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
calycanthemous
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
carcinopolypus
chrysanthemums
chrysanthemums
noun
plural of chrysanthemum
chrysosplenium
cinenchymatous
cinenchymatous
adj
Of or relating to cinenchyma.
circumambiency
circumambiency
Noun
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumnutatory
circumnutatory
adj
circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation
clairaudiently
clairaudiently
adv
In a clairaudient way; by means of clairaudience.
coevolutionary
coevolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
coharmoniously
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
compunctionary
compunctiously
compunctiously
adv
With compunction.
conchyliferous
conclusionally
conclusionally
adv
As a conclusion.
conduceability
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
condylarthrous
confluxibility
congratulatory
congratulatory
adj
Serving to congratulate.
conjecturality
conjecturality
noun
The property of being conjectural.
constitutively
constitutively
adv
(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand
in a constitutive manner
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
consubsistency
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.
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consummatively
contemptuously
contemptuously
adv
In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
continuatively
continuatively
adv
in continuative manner
contrapuntally
contrapuntally
adv
In a contrapuntal manner
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributorily
contributorily
adv
In a contributory manner.
contumaciously
contumaciously
adv
In a contumacious manner.
contumeliously
contumeliously
adv
In a contumelious, insolent manner.
convolutionary
convulsibility
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
counterbattery
counterbattery
adj
(military) Directed against opposing artillery.
counterboycott
counterboycott
noun
An opposing boycott set up in response to another boycott.
countercompany
countercompony
countercompony
noun
(heraldry) A checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterpenalty
counterpotency
cryptobranchus
cryptorhynchus
curvilinearity
curvilinearity
noun
The state or condition of being curvilinear.
cyanoguanidine
cyanoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyano derivative of guanidine NH₂-C(=NH)-NH-CN
cyanoplatinous
cyclanthaceous
cyclanthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae.
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
cynomoriaceous
cystoneuralgia
demountability
denumerability
denumerability
noun
(mathematics) The property of being denumerable.
denunciatively
denunciatively
adv
In a denunciative manner.
dermorhynchous
dialystaminous
dicotyledonous
dicotyledonous
adj
Having two cotyledons.
Of or pertaining to the dicotyledons.
discouragingly
discouragingly
adv
In a discouraging manner.
disillusionary
disillusionary
adj
Causing disillusion.
disingenuously
disingenuously
adv
In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive.
In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily.
doublehandedly
doublehandedly
adv
Alternative form of double-handedly
dynamogenously
dysfunctioning
dysfunctioning
verb
present participle of dysfunction
echinorhynchus
eigenfrequency
eigenfrequency
noun
Natural frequency: the frequency at which a system tends to oscillate in the absence of any driving or damping force.
embryoniferous
embryoniferous
adj
(biology) Having an embryo.
equiangularity
equiangularity
noun
The condition of being equiangular
equiexcellency
equiponderancy
equiponderancy
noun
Archaic form of equiponderance.
equivocatingly
equivocatingly
adv
With equivocation.
eugeosynclinal
eugeosynclinal
adj
Relating to eugeosynclines.
evolutionarily
evolutionarily
adv
(domain, evolutionary theory) From the perspective of evolution.
In a manner relating to evolution or slow development.
excruciatingly
excruciatingly
adv
In a very intense or extreme manner.
In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
extracommunity
extrapulmonary
extrapulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Beyond or outside the lungs.
fidejussionary
foundationally
foundationally
adv
In a foundational manner.
fundamentality
fundamentality
noun
The state or quality of being fundamental.
galvanocautery
galvanocautery
noun
(surgery) Cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a galvanic current.
galvanosurgery
geosynchronous
geosynchronous
adj
Refers to the orbit of a satellite whose rate of revolution is matched to the rotation period of the Earth. A special case is the geostationary orbit which is circular and equatorial, so that the satellite appears to be fixed over a particular point on Earth's sky.
gonystylaceous
gymnolaematous
gynecomorphous
gynecomorphous
adj
(biology) Resembling a female in shape, attributes or appearance.
gynomonoecious
gynomonoecious
adj
(botany) Having bisexual flowers and female flowers on the same plant.
gynosporangium
gyrencephalous
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
heterogenously
heterogenously
adv
In a heterogenous manner
heterogonously
heterogonously
adv
In a heterogonous manner.
heteronomously
heteronomously
adv
In a heteronomous manner.
heteronymously
heteronymously
adv
In a heteronymous manner.
homozygousness
homozygousness
noun
The quality of being homozygous.
humanistically
humanistically
adv
In a humanistic way.
humanitymonger
hydrangeaceous
hydrangeaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Hydrangeaceae.
hydrencephalus
hydrobilirubin
hydrobilirubin
noun
(biochemistry) A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.
hydrocarbonous
hydrocarbonous
adj
(archaic) Being or relating to a hydrocarbon.
hydropneumatic
hydropneumatic
adj
Being, or pertaining to, a type of automotive suspension system based on a nitrogen springing medium.
Operated by both fluid and air power
hydroquinoline
hydroselenuret
hymenomycetous
hymenomycetous
adj
(mycology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Hymenomycetes, a former class of fungi within the division Basidiomycota.
hyperacuteness
hyperacuteness
noun
The quality of being hyperacute.
hyperconscious
hyperconscious
adj
Extremely conscious or aware
hyperimmunized
hyperimmunized
adj
Excessively immunized, and thus containing a large quantity of (specific) antibodies
hyperingenuity
hyperingenuity
noun
Extreme ingenuity.
hypermasculine
hypermasculine
adj
Extremely masculine
hypernaturally
hypernutrition
hypernutrition
noun
Excessive eating as a cause of obesity
hypernutritive
hyperpulmonary
hypersensually
hypersensually
adv
In a hypersensual manner.
ichneumonology
ichneumonology
noun
The study of the ichneumon wasp.
ichthyocentaur
ichthyocentaur
noun
(Greek mythology) A centaurian sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.
ichthyosaurian
ichthyosaurian
adj
(paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
noun
(paleontology) Any of the Ichthyosauria; an ichthyosaur.