Each person is accountable for his own work.
His bad temper is easily accountable; he has had a toothache all day.
SYNONYM(S): explicable.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
count|a|ble — «KOWNT tuh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. that can be counted: »Stars are countable by the million. 2. Mathematics. denumerable: »[Georg] Cantor called countable those infinite sets that can be written as a sequence X1, X2, X3... (Scientific… … Useful english dictionary
dis|count|a|ble — «DIHS kown tuh buhl», adjective. that can be discounted … Useful english dictionary
un|count|a|ble — «uhn KOWN tuh buhl», adjective. that cannot be counted; innumerable: »an uncountable number of stars … Useful english dictionary
ac|count´a|ble|ness — ac|count|a|ble «uh KOWN tuh buhl», adjective. 1. liable to be called to account; responsible; answerable: »Each person is accountable for his own work. 2. explainable: »His bad temper is easily accountable; he has had a toothache all day.… … Useful english dictionary
un´ac|count´a|ble|ness — un|ac|count|a|ble «UHN uh KOWN tuh buhl», adjective. 1. that cannot be accounted for or explained; inexplicable: »He had an unaccountable foreboding that all was not right (Frederick Marryat). SYNONYM(S): incomprehensible. 2. that cannot be held… … Useful english dictionary
un|ac|count|a|ble — «UHN uh KOWN tuh buhl», adjective. 1. that cannot be accounted for or explained; inexplicable: »He had an unaccountable foreboding that all was not right (Frederick Marryat). SYNONYM(S): incomprehensible. 2. that cannot be held to account; not… … Useful english dictionary
re|dis|count|a|ble — «ree DIHS kown tuh buhl», adjective. that can be rediscounted: »rediscountable bills of exchange … Useful english dictionary
ac|count´a|bly — ac|count|a|ble «uh KOWN tuh buhl», adjective. 1. liable to be called to account; responsible; answerable: »Each person is accountable for his own work. 2. explainable: »His bad temper is easily accountable; he has had a toothache all day.… … Useful english dictionary
con´sta|ble|ship — con|sta|ble «KON stuh buhl, KUHN », noun. 1. a police officer, especially in a township, district, or rural area of the United States. 2. British. policeman: »The troopers [of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police] are called constables (E. R. Adair) … Useful english dictionary
con|sta|ble — «KON stuh buhl, KUHN », noun. 1. a police officer, especially in a township, district, or rural area of the United States. 2. British. policeman: »The troopers [of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police] are called constables (E. R. Adair). 3. a chief … Useful english dictionary
