adder
Meanings
Plural: adders
Noun
- a person who adds numbers
- a machine that adds numbers
- small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
- Any snake.
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
- A common European adder (Vipera berus).
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- A puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders
- A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders
- A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders
- Death adders (Acanthophis spp.), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders
- A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
- An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
- Something which adds or increases.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.
Synonyms
common viper, Vipera berus
Scrabble Score: 7
adder is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordadder is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adder is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
adder is a valid Words With Friends word