adders
Slithering venom carriers
Adders is the plural of adder, a venomous snake found across Europe and northern Asia—the only venomous snake native to Britain.
The word also names a person or device that adds: The text described half adders and full adders, the basic circuits of digital computation.
The path wound through moorland where adders basked on warm rocks.
Fanged toxic serpent
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- aspVenomous Egyptian serpent
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
fangs · coil · pit viper · hognose · herpetology · cold-blooded · ectothermic · reptilian
Producing injected toxins
- bitePierce with teeth
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
envenomation · fangs · hemotoxin · cytotoxin · lethal · toxicology · gland · necrosis
Exposure to harm
- riskPossibility of harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- warningAlert about danger
caution · avoidance · habitat · undergrowth · heathland · moorland · grassland · basking
Closed electrical pathway
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- summationAdding to find total
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
ALU · carry · logic gate · processor · accumulator · digital · bit · overflow
viper
Fanged toxic serpent
scales · fangs · coil · pit viper · hognose · herpetology · cold-blooded · ectothermic · reptilian · constrictor
venomous
Producing injected toxins
- bitePierce with teeth
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
antivenom · envenomation · fangs · hemotoxin · cytotoxin · lethal · toxicology · gland · necrosis · anaphylaxis
danger
Exposure to harm
warning · caution · avoidance · habitat · undergrowth · heathland · moorland · grassland · basking · camouflage
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
arithmetic · ALU · carry · logic gate · processor · accumulator · digital · bit · overflow · operand
- reptileslizard, snake, turtle, crocodile, alligator
- legless creaturessnakes, serpents, worms, slugs, cobras
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- digital electronicslogic gates, logic gate, AND gate, flip-flops, flip-flop
- digital logiclogic gate, logic gates, AND gate, truth tables, truth table
- Celtic natureheather, thistle, bog, peat, moor
addersconstrictors
Snakes killing by compression
boas · pythons · anacondas · boa constrictors · ball pythons
addersgarter snakes
Small striped serpents
corn snakes · rat snakes · king snakes · milk snakes · grass snakes
- added upCombined into a total
- added bonusRedundant phrase for extra
- added fuel to the fireAggravated existing tensions
- added up toReached when combined
- added insult to injuryAggravated harm with disrespect
- added onAttached as supplement