Definition of adder

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Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.

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Sphincter :: Sphincter (n.) A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder..
Lithiasis :: Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages..
Adder :: Adder (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc..
Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place..
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores..
Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.
Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence..
Cystose :: Cystose (a.) Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery..
Henware :: Henware (n.) A coarse, blackish seaweed. See Badderlocks..
Madderwort :: Madderwort (n.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Gall :: Gall (n.) The gall bladder.
Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus)..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..
Sadder :: Sadder (n.) Same as Sadda.
Lithic :: Lithic (n.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
Lithotriptor :: Lithotriptor (n.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.
Trigone :: Trigone (n.) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra..
Vesiculous :: Vesiculous (a.) Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell..
Vesical :: Vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to the bladder.
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