(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.
albuminocholia
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiogenous
branchiopodous
branchiosauria
branchiosaurus
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brunelliaceous
brunelliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Brunelliaceae.
buccobranchial
buettneriaceae
bulbocavernous
bulbocavernous
adj
Relating to the bulbocavernosus
burmanniaceous
burmanniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Burmanniaceae.
burschenschaft
buttgenbachite
buttgenbachite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
calcaneocuboid
calcaneocuboid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.
calculableness
calculableness
noun
The quality of being calculable.
cannabinaceous
cannabinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Cannabinaceae.
carbunculation
carbunculation
noun
(rare) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
censurableness
censurableness
noun
The state or condition of being censurable; blameworthiness.
charlottenburg
christiansburg
circumambience
circumambience
noun
The condition of being circumambient
circumambiency
circumambiency
Noun
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
circumscribing
circumscribing
verb
present participle of circumscribe
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
colourableness
colourableness
noun
The state or quality of being colourable.
commutableness
commutableness
noun
The quality of being commutable or interchangeable.
conduceability
conducibleness
conducibleness
noun
The state or quality of being conducible.
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
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
cumbersomeness
cumbersomeness
noun
The state of being cumbersome
customableness
customableness
noun
(obsolete) Quality of being customable; conformity to custom.
decompoundable
decompoundable
adj
Capable of being decompounded.
deutocarbonate
discontinuable
discontinuable
adj
Capable of being discontinued.
disencumbering
disencumbering
verb
present participle of disencumber
disencumbrance
disencumbrance
noun
Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.
doublecrossing
doublecrossing
verb
present participle of doublecross
doublehatching
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
equichangeable
excommunicable
excommunicable
adj
Liable or deserving to be excommunicated.
fibronucleated
granuloblastic
granuloblastic
adj
Relating to granuloblasts
hemoglobinuric
hemoglobinuric
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hemoglobinuria
noun
An individual who has hemoglobinuria
hydrocarbonous
hydrocarbonous
adj
(archaic) Being or relating to a hydrocarbon.
incommunicable
incommunicable
adj
(of a disease etc) That cannot be communicated or transmitted
(of a person) Who does not communicate freely; uncommunicative or reserved
incommunicably
incommunicably
adv
In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
inconsumptible
inconsumptible
adj
(obsolete) inconsumable
inculpableness
inculpableness
noun
The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
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
isocorybulbine
labiotenaculum
lubriciousness
lubriciousness
noun
lewdness, salaciousness
slipperiness
malpublication
manufacturable
manufacturable
adj
Capable of being manufactured.
noun
Something that can be manufactured.
mcconnellsburg
mecklenburgian
misconstruable
misconstruable
adj
Capable of being misconstrued.
mucomembranous
nabuchodonosor
nebuchadnezzar
nebuchadnezzar
Proper noun
A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 – 562 According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.
Noun
A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.
nebuchadrezzar
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.
nonconnubially
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.
nonpurchasable
nonpurchasable
adj
Not purchasable.
nonputrescible
nonsubmergence
nonsubscribers
nonsubscribers
noun
plural of nonsubscriber
nonsubscribing
nonsubscribing
adj
That does not subscribe (to a belief, a periodical, etc.).
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.
orobanchaceous
orobanchaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Orobanchaceae, plants mostly parasitic on the roots of other plants.
overabundances
overabundances
noun
plural of overabundance
overcontribute
overcontribute
verb
To contribute in excess of a standard or expectation.