(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
aquintocubital
aquintocubital
adj
Alternative form of aquincubital
arboricultural
arboricultural
adj
Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
borofluohydric
brachiocubital
brachiocubital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and to the elbow or forearm
brachiorrheuma
brachygnathous
brachygnathous
adj
Relating to brachygnathia
branchiogenous
branchiopodous
branchiosauria
branchiosaurus
brunelliaceous
brunelliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Brunelliaceae.
buccobranchial
bulbocavernous
bulbocavernous
adj
Relating to the bulbocavernosus
burmanniaceous
burmanniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Burmanniaceae.
butterscotches
butterscotches
noun
plural of butterscotch
calcaneocuboid
calcaneocuboid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.
camouflageable
camouflageable
adj
Capable of being camouflaged.
cannabinaceous
cannabinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Cannabinaceae.
carbunculation
carbunculation
noun
(rare) The blasting of something, by excessive heat or cold.
cellulofibrous
charlottenburg
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
colourableness
colourableness
noun
The state or quality of being colourable.
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
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
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.
cumbersomeness
cumbersomeness
noun
The state of being cumbersome
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.
cymbocephalous
cytoblastemous
decompoundable
decompoundable
adj
Capable of being decompounded.
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.
discourageable
discourageable
adj
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
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.
epituberculous
epituberculous
adj
(pathology) Near or superimposed upon a tuberculous lesion
euphorbiaceous
euphorbiaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae of spurges.
excommunicable
excommunicable
adj
Liable or deserving to be excommunicated.
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.
globiocephalus
globulariaceae
granuloblastic
granuloblastic
adj
Relating to granuloblasts
helleboraceous
hemoglobinuric
hemoglobinuric
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hemoglobinuria
noun
An individual who has hemoglobinuria
hydrocarbonous
hydrocarbonous
adj
(archaic) Being or relating to a hydrocarbon.
hydrofluoboric
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
irreproducible
irreproducible
adj
that cannot be reproduced or duplicated
isocorybulbine
labiotenaculum
leucocytoblast
leukocytoblast
lubriciousness
lubriciousness
noun
lewdness, salaciousness
slipperiness
lumbocolostomy
macrobacterium
macrobacterium
noun
Any unusually large bacterium
maculocerebral
maculocerebral
adj
Relating to the macula and the cerebrum.
malpublication
mcconnellsburg
microbacterium
microbacterium
noun
Any bacterium of the Microbacterium genus.
micropublisher
micropublisher
noun
A publisher of microform publications.
A publisher operating on a small scale, or for a niche audience.
misconstruable
misconstruable
adj
Capable of being misconstrued.
mucomembranous
musculofibrous
nabuchodonosor
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.).