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.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
albuminometry
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
amphibolostylous
aummbulatory
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.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
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
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
barratrously
barratrously
adv
In a barratrous manner.
barytosulphate
basidiomycetous
basidiomycetous
adj
Relating to the basidiomycetes.
beauteously
beauteously
adv
In a beauteous manner.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
bellybutton
bellybutton
noun
(informal) The navel or umbilicus.
bellybuttons
bellybuttons
noun
plural of bellybutton
beyrouth
bibulosity
bibulosity
noun
A fondness for tippling.
bidactylous
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
blastomycetous
blastophyllum
bloodguilty
bloodguilty
adj
Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
blottesquely
blusterously
blusterously
adv
In a blusterous manner.
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
bodysuit
bodysuit
noun
A one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.
bodysuits
bodysuits
noun
plural of bodysuit
boisterously
boisterously
adv
In a boisterous manner.
boistously
botrychium
botrydium
botryllus
bounteously
bounteously
adv
In a bounteous manner.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bounty
bounty
noun
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
(countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
(specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
(uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
verb
(transitive) To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
bountyless
bountyless
adj
Without bounty.
boutylka
brachelytrous
brachelytrous
adj
(entomology, of a beetle) That has short elytrons
brachydactylous
brachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having abnormally short digits.
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
brachystomatous
brachystomous
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
bronchotyphus
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
buckeystown
bumptiously
bumptiously
adv
In a bumptious manner.
bunnymouth
buoyant
buoyant
adj
(figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.
(of an economy, business etc.) Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity.
Having buoyancy; able to float.
buoyantly
buoyantly
adv
In a buoyant manner.
buoyantness
buoyantness
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant.
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
butoxy
butoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The ether radical derived from butanol
butoxyl
buttony
buttony
adj
(of berries) Not fully grown and matured; overly small and insufficiently juicy.
(of hops) Full-berried.
Having a large number of buttons.
Resembling a button or buttons.
noun
(Scotland, games) A children’s game played with buttons.
The manufacture of buttons.
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
butylations
butylations
noun
plural of butylation
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
butyrochloral
butyrolactone
butyrolactone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
butyrometer
butyrometer
noun
Any of several devices used to estimate the proportion of butterfat in milk
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
butyrous
butyrous
adj
Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing butter, buttery
butyrousness
buyout
buyout
noun
(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
buyouts
buyouts
noun
plural of buyout
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
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.
commutability
commutability
noun
The quality of being commutable.
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
concubitancy
conduceability
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confluxibility
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
conjecturably
conjecturably
adv
In a conjecturable manner
connubiality
connubiality
noun
Something characteristic of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
The quality of being connubial.
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.
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.
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.
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.
counterbattery
counterbattery
adj
(military) Directed against opposing artillery.
counterboycott
counterboycott
noun
An opposing boycott set up in response to another boycott.
courtby
cryptobranchus
cryptodouble
cubatory
customably
customably
adv
(obsolete) usually; by custom or habit
cyclobutane
cyclobutane
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₈; a light inflammable gas.
cytoblastematous
cytoblastemous
cytoglobulin
deambulatory
deambulatory
adj
Going about from place to place; wandering.
noun
(dated) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.