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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Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus)..
Cystose :: Cystose (a.) Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery..
Descend :: Descend (v. t.) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder..
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound..
Saxifragous :: Saxifragous (a.) Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder..
Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.
Urachus :: Urachus (n.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.
Recto-vesical :: Recto-vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
Rimer :: Rimer (n.) A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
Lithiasis :: Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages..
Isinglass :: Isinglass (n.) A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue..
Gall :: Gall (n.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder..
Bistort :: Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent..
Nedder :: Nedder (n.) An adder.
Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet.
Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps..
Warence :: Warence (n.) Madder.
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