See Also: belch(medicine)
belch(dictionary)
belch(dictionary)

lutein (iou) and belch (oh)


lutein (iou)



lutein noun. M19.
[from Latin luteum egg-yolk (use as noun of neut. of luteus yellow) + -IN1.]
Biochemistry. A yellow xanthophyll pigment present in the leaves of plants, in egg-yolk, and in the corpus luteum.

belch (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: bealcian]
[I] to let air from your stomach come out loudly through your mouth
-synonym burp burp
also belch out
[I and T] to send out a large amount of smoke, flames etc, or to come out of something in large amounts
::a line of chimneys belching out smoke
::Flames belched from the wreckage.
-- belch n [C]