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.
accountancy
accountancy
noun
(countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.
(uncountable, Britain, New Zealand, often Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
accusatorially
accusatorially
adv
By way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner.
accusatory
accusatory
adj
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
acetylcellulose
acetylfluoride
acolytus
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acoustically
acoustically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of acoustics.
(manner) In an acoustic manner, or using an acoustic musical instrument.
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinopterygious
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adenocystomatous
adenotyphus
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjuratory
adjuratory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adscititiously
adscititiously
adv
In an adscititious way.
adulatory
adulatory
adj
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
agouty
agouty
noun
Alternative spelling of agouti
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
agriotypus
albuminometry
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
aluminosity
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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
amphicyrtous
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amurcosity
amyloleucite
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anapterygotous
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.
ancylostomum
anelytrous
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
anisocotyledonous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
anisoleucocytosis
annunciatory
annunciatory
adj
In the nature of an announcement
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
antecedaneously
antecedaneously
adv
(rare, archaic or obsolete) In an antecedaneous way: precedingly.
anterevolutionary
anthrahydroquinone
anthraquinonyl
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
antiautolysin
antiautolysin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of an autolysin
anticensoriously
anticeremoniously
anticommunistically
anticonstitutionally
anticonstitutionally
adv
(law) In an anticonstitutional manner.
anticontagiously
antieducationally
antievolutionally
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antigyrous
antiinsurrectionally
antiloquy
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antireligiously
antirevolutionary
antirevolutionary
adj
Opposing a sociopolitical revolution.
noun
One who opposes a sociopolitical revolution.
antisensuously
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
antonymous
antonymous
adj
Having an opposite or diametrically opposite meaning.
Of, or being an antonym; antonymic.
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
appropinquity
appropinquity
noun
(obsolete) nearness; propinquity
apterygotous
aquosity
aquosity
noun
(rare) The condition of being watery; wateriness
archaeocyathus
archmystagogue
argumentatory
argumentatory
adj
Synonym of argumentatious
argyranthemous
argyranthous
argyrotoxus
arrhythmous
articulatorily
articulatorily
adv
In terms of, or by means of, articulation.
articulatory
articulatory
adj
(medicine) Related to the specific articulation function of a joint.
(phonology) Of or pertaining to articulation; phonetic.
artiodactylous
artiodactylous
adj
(zoology) even-toed; of ungulates, having the weight borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
artiphyllous
ascomycetous
ascomycetous
adj
(mycology) Of or relating to the ascomycetes.
asphyctous
asterospondylous
astoundingly
astoundingly
adv
In an astounding manner; so as to astound, surprise, or amaze.
astrocaryum
astronautically
astronautically
adv
In an astronautic way.
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
astylosternus
asymmetranthous
asymmetrocarpous
atlantodidymus
atmocautery
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
audiotypist
audiotypist
noun
Alternative form of audio typist
auditorially
auditorially
adv
In an auditory manner.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
augitophyre
aulophyte
aummbulatory
auscultatory
auscultatory
adj
Of or pertaining to auscultation
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
auteciously
autecologically
autecologically
adv
In terms of autecology.
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
autexousy
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
authoritatively
authoritatively
adv
In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust.
authority
authority
noun
(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
authorly
authorly
adj
In the manner of an author.
authotype
autoalkylation
autoallogamy
autoanalysis
autoanalysis
noun
(chemistry) automated analysis
(psychology) analysis of oneself
autoanalytic
autoanalytic
adj
Relating to autoanalysis.
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.