- The Ryder Cup is the biennial golf tournament, an exception in professional sports in that the winners receive no prize money.
- Oxygen is the element making up about 65% of the human body.
- A gigot is a leg of lamb (or mutton) for roasting.
- Vesuvius is the volcano that erupted in 79AD.
- The snapdragon is the flowering plant of the same order as lavender, etc.