Viruses

What do we mean by viruses?

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.

A disease caused by these organisms.

Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.

A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.

Any type of malware.

The plural of virus. NOT viri. Urban Dictionary

To program a virus or the act of programming viruses. Urban Dictionary

Throwing a mega narcissistic party for the ego inflation of one orange skinned and massively obese POTUS, while simultaneously super spreading a highly contagious disease that kills. Urban Dictionary

The useless computer action that takes a while and never finds any viruses, even when there are viruses. Urban Dictionary

Windows Vista, the most FAIL operating system ever created for its generation. Urban Dictionary

Past tense of getting a virus or having a virus Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to viruses:
viruses, viroses.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word viruses:
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Words that rhyme with viruses:
irises, hyraces, retroviruses, adenovirus is, cyrus is, cytomegalovirus is, gyrus is, iris is, retrovirus is, virus is.

Adjectives that are often used to describe viruses:
other, many, certain, human, different, oncogenic, several, most, bacterial, avian, enteric, borne, enveloped, common, pathogenic, filterable, related, stranded, type, endogenous, cold, containing, specific, latent, like, infectious, animal, attenuated, neurotropic, macro, mammalian, live, respiratory, defective, slow, filtrable, associated, larger, simian, strand, spherical, mutant, pox, recombinant, distinct, murine, resistant, transmitted, virulent, complex, rna, persistent, numerous, smaller, causing, unrelated, nuclear, feline, nonenveloped, influenza, syncytial, smallest, deadly, unknown, icosahedral, unconventional, foamy, hybrid, exogenous, yellow, acute, hemorrhagic, shaped, largest, conventional, hepatotropic, hepatitis, called, oncolytic, tropic, cell, lymphotropic, filamentous, viral.

Consonant match to viruses:
varices is, varus is, virus is.

Words that sound like viruses:
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