(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.
acetylbenzoate
addressability
addressability
noun
(computer graphics) The capability of a display surface or storage device to accommodate a specified number of uniquely identifiable points.
(computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
(micrographics) The capability of a specified field frame to contain a specific number of uniquely identifiable points.
aerobiotically
aerobiotically
adv
By means of aerobiosis.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambilaterality
ambilaterality
noun
The condition of being ambilateral
ambitionlessly
ambitionlessly
adv
Without ambition.
amblychromatic
annihilability
annihilability
noun
Ability to be annihilated.
antibiotically
antibiotically
adv
By means of antibiotics.
In terms of antibiotic effect.
arraignability
articulability
articulability
noun
The quality or degree of being articulable.
assimilability
assimilability
noun
The quality or degree of being assimilable.
attemptability
attemptability
noun
The property of being attemptable.
attractability
attractability
noun
The quality of being attractable.
autosymbolical
bacchanalianly
bacchanalianly
adv
In a Bacchanalian manner.
bactericidally
bactericidally
adv
In a bactericidal manner.
barometrically
barometrically
adv
By means of a barometer
barytophyllite
barytosulphate
batrachoplasty
benzaldiphenyl
benzoylglycine
bicentennially
bicentennially
adv
Every two hundred years.
bicycloheptane
bicycloheptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon that has seven carbon atoms
(organic chemistry) The compound cycloheptylcycloheptane
bielectrolysis
bigamistically
bioclimatology
bioclimatology
noun
The interdisciplinary field of science that studies the interactions between the biosphere and the Earth's atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons or longer (in opposition to biometeorology).
bioelectricity
bioelectricity
noun
(biology, physics) Any form of electricity generated within an organism, especially by a muscle or nerve
biogenetically
biogenetically
adv
In a biogenetic manner.
biographically
biographically
adv
In the form of a biography.
biometeorology
biometeorology
noun
The study of the relationship between atmospheric conditions (the weather) and living organisms.
bipotentiality
bipotentiality
noun
The capacity to develop in either of two different ways, especially to become either male or female
The presence of both male and female reproductive organs in an individual; hermaphroditism
blackberrylike
blackberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blackberry.
blackheartedly
blastomycetous
blearyeyedness
blennocystitis
blepharoplasty
blepharoplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery on the eyelid to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.
bloodthirstily
bloodthirstily
adv
In a bloodthirsty manner.
bolometrically
bolometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, bolometry.
borofluohydric
borosalicylate
brachycephales
brachycephalic
brachycephalic
adj
(of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).
noun
A brachycephalic person or creature.
brachydactylia
brachydactylia
noun
brachydactyly
brachydactylic
brachydactylic
adj
Relating to brachydactyly
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
brachysclereid
brachysclereid
noun
(botany) A sclereid that occurs in the stems (and some fruit) of plants
bradyseismical
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
buddhistically
buddhistically
Adverb
as a Buddhist, in a manner of a Buddhist
bulbomedullary
cabalistically
cabalistically
adv
in a cabalistic manner
calyptoblastea
calyptoblastic
cancellability
cancellability
noun
The quality of being cancellable.
certifiability
certifiability
noun
The quality of being certifiable.
chemicobiology
cobaltocyanide
cognoscibility
cognoscibility
noun
The quality of being cognoscible.
collapsability
collapsibility
collapsibility
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is collapsible.
(uncountable) The condition of being collapsible.
collectability
collectability
noun
Alternative spelling of collectibility
collectibility
collectibility
noun
The quality of being collectible.
colonisability
colonizability
colonizability
noun
Ability to be colonized.
colymbriformes
combustibility
combustibility
noun
The quality or state of being combustible
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
commonsensibly
commonsensibly
adv
Synonym of commonsensically
compactability
compactability
noun
The condition of being compactable
compassability
compellability
compensability
compensability
noun
The characteristic of being compensable; the ability to be compensated.
complexionably
compossibility
compossibility
noun
The quality of being compossible.
comprehensibly
comprehensibly
adv
In a comprehensible manner.
conceivability
conceivability
noun
Something that is conceivable.
The characteristic of being conceivable; the ability to be conceived, believed, or understood.
condensability
condensability
noun
The condition of being condensable.
conduceability
conductibility
conductibility
noun
The ability to conduct electricity.
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confluxibility
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
congealability
congealability
noun
The condition of being congealable
connectibility
construability
construability
noun
The quality of being construable; ability to be construed.
contestability
contestability
noun
The property of being contestable or debatable.
contributively
contributively
adv
In a contributive fashion.
contributorily
contributorily
adv
In a contributory manner.
controvertibly
controvertibly
adv
In a controvertible manner.
conversibility
convertibility
convertibility
noun
The quality of a currency of being exchangeable for gold or other currencies
The quality of being convertible
convincibility
convincibility
noun
Ability to be convinced or persuaded.
convulsibility
corruptibility
corruptibility
noun
The state of being corruptible
coxcombicality
coxcombicality
noun
The quality of being coxcombical.
cryobiological
cryobiological
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to cryobiology
crystallisable
crystallisable
adj
Alternative form of crystallizable
crystallizable
crystallizable
adj
That can be crystallized.
cyanocobalamin
cyanocobalamin
noun
(biochemistry) A synthetic form of vitamin B₁₂ (cobalamin).
cybernetically
cybernetically
adv
In a cybernetic manner.
cyclovertebral
cymbocephalous
cytoblastemous
decarbonylated
decarbonylated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decarbonylate
decarboxylated
decarboxylated
adj
Describing a product of decarboxylation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decarboxylate
defibrillatory
deflagrability
deflagrability
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The quality of being deflagrable.
deliberatively
deliberatively
adv
In a deliberative manner.
deliverability
deliverability
noun
The quality of being deliverable; allowing the possibility of being delivered.
demountability
denumerability
denumerability
noun
(mathematics) The property of being denumerable.
depressibility
descendability
descendibility
descendibility
noun
(law) The characteristic of being descendible; inheritability by an heir.
describability
describability
noun
The quality of being describable.
detonatability
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
dibenzopyrrole
disbelievingly
disbelievingly
adv
In a disbelieving manner.
discernibility
discernibility
Noun
The state or quality of being discernible.
discerpibility
discerpibility
noun
Alternative form of discerptibility
discomfortably
discommendably
discommendably
adv
In a discommendable manner.
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
dispensability
dispensability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is dispensable
(uncountable) The state of being dispensable
dispersibility
dispersibility
noun
(countable) A measure of the relative extent to which something is dispersible
(uncountable) The condition of being dispersible
displeasurably
displeasurably
adv
In a displeasurable manner.
disruptability
disruptability
noun
The quality of being disruptable.
disserviceably
disserviceably
adv
In a disserviceable manner.
dissociability
dissociability
noun
(obsolete) Lack of sociability; unsociableness.
The quality of being dissociable; ability to be dissociated or separated.
dissolvability
dissolvability
noun
Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
dissyllabising
dissyllabizing
dissyllabizing
verb
present participle of dissyllabize
distensibility
distensibility
noun
Capability of swelling or stretching
distributively
distributively
adv
In a distributive manner
dodecasyllabic
dodecasyllabic
adj
Of twelve syllables.
dodecasyllable
dodecasyllable
noun
A word consisting of twelve syllables.
doublehandedly
doublehandedly
adv
Alternative form of double-handedly
elderbrotherly
electrobiology
electrobiology
noun
(obsolete) A theory of animal magnetism according to which the actions, feelings, etc. of a person are controlled by the will of the operator.
(physics, biology) The study of the production and use of electricity by biological organisms.
electrolyzable
electrolyzable
adj
Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.
embarrassingly
embarrassingly
adv
Causing embarrassment.
In an embarrassing manner.
To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.
emblematically
emblematically
adv
In an emblematic manner.
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
erythroblastic
erythroblastic
adj
Relating to erythroblasts.
etymologisable
etymologizable
etymologizable
adj
Capable of being etymologized.
exacerbatingly
exacerbatingly
adv
In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.