See Also: thale cress(dictionary)
badminton(dictionary)
badminton(encyclopedia)
badminton(dictionary)
Up-and-Back - Badminton(gambling)
Smash - Badminton(gambling)
Shuttlecock - Badminton(gambling)
Rotation - Badminton(gambling)
Racket - Badminton(gambling)
Alleys - Badminton(gambling)

thale cress (iou) and badminton (oh)


thale cress (iou)



thale cress noun phr. L18.
[from Johann Thal (1542-83), German physician + CRESS.]
A small white-flowered cruciferous plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, of walls and dry open ground.

badminton (oh)



racket, shuttlecock
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Badminton grand house in Gloucestershire, England where it was first played]
a game that is similar to tennis but played with a shuttlecock (=small feathered object) instead of a ball