Individual required to maintain accounting, including records thereof, of property and funds, whether public or quasi-public. The accountable officer may or may not have physical possession of the property or funds.

(military) Any commissioned military officer who receives and disburses public money in his own name for purposes specified by law.

Not working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable.

(oenology) A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.

An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife.

A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.

(of bread) Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking.

plural of fact of life / (euphemistic) knowledge of sexual reproduction (almost always used with the)

Something that cannot be avoided.

(idiomatic) An emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because he/she has been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action. This action usually involves being seen in an inferior light to another person.