Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
accountability
accountability
noun
(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.
albuminolysis
albuminometry
ambagiously
ambagiously
adv
In an ambagious manner.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambiguously
ambiguously
adv
In an ambiguous manner.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
amblyacousia
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibolostylous
amphibryous
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autobasidiomycetes
autobasidiomycetous
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autobiology
autohybridization
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autostability
autostability
noun
(engineering) Ability to keep a stable poise, either by virtue of shape and proportions, or by some mechanism.
autosuggestibility
autosuggestibility
noun
The quality of being autosuggestible.
autosymbiontic
autosymbolic
autosymbolical
autosymbolically
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
azoisobutyronitrile
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
behaviourally
behaviourally
adv
With respect to behaviour
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
bibulosity
bibulosity
noun
A fondness for tippling.
bibulously
bibulously
adv
In a bibulous manner; drunkenly; as if intoxicated.
bidactylous
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bihourly
bihourly
adj
Occurring once every two hours.
adv
Once every two hours.
biliously
biliously
adv
In a bilious way.
bimolecularly
bimolecularly
adv
In bimolecular terms.
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bishydroxycoumarin
bishydroxycoumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dicumarol
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
bloodcurdlingly
bloodcurdlingly
adv
in a bloodcurdling manner
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
blousily
blousily
adv
In a blousy manner.
bodaciously
bodaciously
adv
In a bodacious manner.
bodybuild
bodybuild
verb
To take part in bodybuilding.
bodybuilder
bodybuilder
noun
(bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
bodybuilders
bodybuilders
noun
plural of bodybuilder
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.
bodyguarding
bodyguarding
noun
The profession of a bodyguard, protecting another from harm.
bodysuit
bodysuit
noun
A one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.
bodysuits
bodysuits
noun
plural of bodysuit
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
boisterously
boisterously
adv
In a boisterous manner.
boistously
bombycinous
bombycinous
adj
(obsolete) Of the colour of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
(obsolete) silken; made of silk
(of paper) made of cotton in imitation of parchment.
bombylious
bombylious
adj
(obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee.
borofluohydric
botrychium
botrydium
boulimy
bouncily
bouncily
adv
In a bouncy manner.
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisify
Verb
To make bourgeois.
bradyacousia
bromodeoxyuridine
bromodeoxyuridine
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
bronchiloquy
bronchomucormycosis
bronchopleurisy
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucolically
bucolically
adv
In a bucolic manner.
bulldoggishly
bumptiously
bumptiously
adv
In a bumptious manner.
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
buoying
buoying
verb
present participle of buoy
burglariously
burglariously
adv
(dated, law) As a burglar; in order to burgle.
busybodied
busybodied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of busybody
busybodies
busybodies
noun
plural of busybody
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of busybody
busybodyish
busybodyish
adj
Like a busybody; interfering, meddling.
busybodyism
busybodyism
noun
The behaviour of a busybody; interfering, meddling.
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
butylations
butylations
noun
plural of butylation
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
byelorussia
byelorussian
byelorussians
byssiferous
byssiferous
adj
Bearing a byssus or tuft.
carbohydraturia
carbohydraturia
noun
(pathology) The presence of carbohydrates (principally sugars) in the urine
chlamydobacteriaceous
circumambulatory
circumambulatory
adj
Designed especially for ritualistic circumambulation.
That is circumambulating.
coagulability
coagulability
noun
The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable
cogitabundity
cogitabundity
noun
(archaic, literary) The state of being cogitabund, or deep in thought.
cogitabundly
colourability
colourability
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of colorability
comburimetry
comburimetry
noun
(obsolete) The measurement of how comburivorous a substance is.
combustibility
combustibility
noun
The quality or state of being combustible
combustibly
combustibly
adv
in a combustible manner
combustively
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
communicability
communicability
noun
The quality of being communicable.
communicably
communicably
adv
In a communicable manner.
commutability
commutability
noun
The quality of being commutable.
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
concubitancy
conduceability
conducibly
conducibly
adv
In a conducible manner; so as to promote.
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
confluxibility
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
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
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.
consubsistency
consubstantiality
consubstantiality
noun
The quality of being consubstantial.
consubstantially
consubstantially
adv
In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.
contributary
contributary
adj
Obsolete form of contributory.
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributorily
contributorily
adv
In a contributory manner.
contributory
contributory
adj
(obsolete) Paying tribute, tributary.
Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution
Tending to contribute to a result
convulsibility
cooruptibly
corruptibility
corruptibility
noun
The state of being corruptible
corruptibly
corruptibly
adv
(obsolete) With corruption, in a way that corrupts.
In a corruptible way.
corybulbin
corybulbine
corymbiferous
corymbiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.
corynebacterium
corynebacterium
noun
Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.
corytuberine
corytuberine
noun
(organic chemistry) An aporphine alkaloid found in the family Hernandiaceae of flowering plants.
cotylopubic
countability
countability
noun
The quality of being countable.
currycombing
currycombing
verb
present participle of currycomb
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
diphyllobothrium
discubitory
discubitory
adj
(obsolete, nonce word) leaning; fitted for a reclining posture