(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.
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antitubercular
antitubercular
adj
(pharmacology) That is used to treat tuberculosis
antituberculin
aquintocubital
aquintocubital
adj
Alternative form of aquincubital
arboricultural
arboricultural
adj
Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
articulability
articulability
noun
The quality or degree of being articulable.
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
buddhistically
buddhistically
Adverb
as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist
buettneriaceae
bureaucratical
bureaucratical
adj
Synonym of bureaucratic
bureaucratized
bureaucratized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bureaucratize
bureaucratizes
bureaucratizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bureaucratize
burschenschaft
butterscotches
butterscotches
noun
plural of butterscotch
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
carbunculation
carbunculation
noun
(rare) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
charlottenburg
christiansburg
circumambulate
circumambulate
verb
(transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
claustrophobia
claustrophobia
noun
The fear of closed, tight places.
claustrophobic
claustrophobic
adj
(psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
noun
Someone with claustrophobia
combustibility
combustibility
noun
The quality or state of being combustible
commutableness
commutableness
noun
The quality of being commutable or interchangeable.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
conduceability
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
confabulations
confabulations
noun
plural of confabulation
confluxibility
congeliturbate
constabularies
constabularies
noun
plural of constabularie
plural of constabulary
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
consubsistency
consubstantial
consubstantial
adj
Of the same substance or essence.
consubstantive
contributional
contributional
adj
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributorial
contributorial
adj
Of or relating to a contributor.
contributories
contributorily
contributorily
adv
In a contributory manner.
convulsibility
corruptibility
corruptibility
noun
The state of being corruptible
counterbalance
counterbalance
noun
(figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
(literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
verb
(transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
(transitive, figuratively) To match or equal in effect when applying opposing force
counterbarrage
counterbarrage
noun
A barrage in response to another barrage.
counterbattery
counterbattery
adj
(military) Directed against opposing artillery.
counterbeating
counterbewitch
counterboycott
counterboycott
noun
An opposing boycott set up in response to another boycott.
counterbracing
counterbracing
verb
present participle of counterbrace
counterembargo
counterembargo
noun
An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
countersubject
countersubject
noun
(music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music
cryptobranchus
cubometatarsal
cucurbitaceous
cucurbitaceous
adj
Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
cuprobismutite
cuprobismutite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral, with a metallic lustre, found in quartz deposits; it is a mixed sulfide of copper and bismuth.
customableness
customableness
noun
(obsolete) Quality of being customable; conformity to custom.
cytoblastemous
deutocarbonate
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
discombobulate
discombobulate
verb
(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
discontinuable
discontinuable
adj
Capable of being discontinued.
doublehatching
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
epituberculous
epituberculous
adj
(pathology) Near or superimposed upon a tuberculous lesion
fibronucleated
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
granuloblastic
granuloblastic
adj
Relating to granuloblasts
imperscrutable
imperscrutable
adj
(obsolete) Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable.
inconsumptible
inconsumptible
adj
(obsolete) inconsumable
indestructible
indestructible
adj
Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
indestructibly
indestructibly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is indestructible
ineluctability
ineluctability
noun
The state or condition of being ineluctable.
inexcusability
inexcusability
Noun
The quality of being inexcusable.
inscrutability
inscrutability
noun
The condition of being inscrutable
interambulacra
interambulacra
noun
plural of interambulacrum
irreducibility
irreducibility
noun
(countable) Something that is irreducible.
(uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
irresuscitable
irresuscitable
adj
Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.
irresuscitably
irresuscitably
adv
So as not to be resuscitated; in an irresuscitable manner.
justiciability
justiciability
noun
(law) The ability (of a subject matter) to be evaluated and resolved by the courts.
labiotenaculum
leucocytoblast
leukocytoblast
lumbocolostomy
macrobacterium
macrobacterium
noun
Any unusually large bacterium
malpublication
manufacturable
manufacturable
adj
Capable of being manufactured.
noun
Something that can be manufactured.
microbacterium
microbacterium
noun
Any bacterium of the Microbacterium genus.
misconstruable
misconstruable
adj
Capable of being misconstrued.
multichambered
multichambered
adj
Having more than one chamber.
multituberculy
neurobiotactic
neurobiotactic
adj
Relating to neurobiotaxis.
nitrobacterium
nitrobacterium
noun
Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
noctambulation
noctambulation
Noun
sleepwalking
noctambulistic
noctambulistic
adj
Relating to a noctambulist or sleepwalker.
noncombustible
noncombustible
adj
That will not readily ignite and burn.
noun
(mostly plural) Any substance that is not combustible.
nonconductible
nonconductible
adj
Not conductible.
nonconstruable
noncontinuable
noncontinuable
adj
Not continuable.
noncontinuably
noncontributor
noncontributor
noun
One who is not a contributor.
noncorruptible
noncorruptibly
nonculpability
nondisturbance
nondisturbance
noun
(law) An agreement not to disturb tenants in a residence.
nonlubricating
nonobscurities
nonobstructive
nonobstructive
adj
Not obstructive.
nonpublication
nonpublication
noun
Lack of publication; failure to publish.
nonpuncturable
nonpuncturable
adj
Not puncturable.
nonputrescible
nonsubscripted
nonsubscripted
adj
unsubscripted
nonsubsistence
nonsubtraction
nonsubtraction
adj
Not of or relating to subtraction.
noun
Absence of subtraction; failure to subtract.
nonsubtractive
nonsubtractive
adj
Not subtractive.
nonsusceptible
nonsusceptible
adj
Not susceptible
nonsusceptibly
nontuberculous
nontuberculous
adj
Not tuberculous.
nudibranchiate
obscuranticism
obstructionism
obstructionism
noun
A deliberate policy of obstructing something, especially a political process or body.
obstructionist
obstructionist
adj
Obstructionistic.
Pertaining to obstructionism.
noun
Someone who attempts to impede the progress of legislation.
Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others.
ovatoorbicular
overcontribute
overcontribute
verb
To contribute in excess of a standard or expectation.
overlubricated
overlubricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overlubricate
overlubricatio
paratuberculin
paurometabolic
paurometabolic
adj
Synonym of paurometabolous
photobacterium
photobacterium
noun
Any of the genus Photobacterium of bioluminescent bacteria.