See Also: poorhouse(dictionary)

leukotriene (iou) and poorhouse (oh)


leukotriene (iou)



leukotriene noun. Also leucotriene. L20.
[from LEUCO- + TRIENE.]
Biochemistry. Any of a group of biologically active metabolites of arachidonic acid, orig. isolated from leucocytes, which contain three conjugated double bonds.

poorhouse (oh)



the state of not having any money
::If Jimmy keeps spending like this, he's going to end up in the poorhouse .
a building where very poor people in the past could live and be fed, which was paid for with public money
-synonym workhouse workhouse