sightseeing
rubber-necking | going about to look at places of interest |
| rubber stamp | routine authorization of an action without questions |
rubber boa
tow-headed snake
Charina bottae | boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America, looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape |
arctic
galosh
golosh
rubber
gumshoe | a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow |
artificial kidney
hemodialyzer | a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body |
car tire
automobile tire
auto tire
rubber tire | a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel |
condom
rubber safety safe prophylactic | contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse |
handstamp
rubber stamp | a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand |
latex paint
latex
rubber-base paint | a water-base paint that has a latex binder |
rubber band
elastic band
elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
rubber boot
gum boot | a high boot made of rubber |
| rubber bullet | a bullet made of hard rubber, designed for use in crowd control |
rubber eraser
rubber pencil eraser | an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber), commonly mounted at one end of a pencil |
| kidney | either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine, urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder |
| arcuate artery of the kidney | curved arteries of the kidney |
arcuate vein of the kidney
vena arcuata renis | veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules |
| kidney bean | large dark red bean, usually dried |
| steak and kidney pie | steak with sauteed kidneys and onions cooked in wine and stock then covered with pastry and baked |
| kidney pie | like steak and kidney pie but without steak |
kidney stone
urinary calculus
nephrolith
renal calculus | a calculus formed in the kidney |
coyote brush
coyote bush
chaparral broom
kidney wort
Baccharis pilularis | widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle |
beefsteak begonia
kidney begonia
Begonia erythrophylla
Begonia feastii | rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath |
Indiaubber tree
Indiaubber plant
Indiaubber fig
rubber plant
Assam rubber
Ficus elastica | large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant, source of Assam rubber |
mistletoe fig
mistletoe rubber plant
Ficus diversifolia
Ficus deltoidea | shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe |
kidney vetch
Anthyllis vulneraria | perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures, formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders |
kidney bean
frijol
frijole | the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) |
Hevea
rubber tree
genus Hevea | small genus of South American trees yielding latex, rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations |
Para rubber tree
caoutchouc tree
Hevea brasiliensis | deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers, it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber |
kidney fern
Trichomanes reniforme | large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds |
| Rufous rubber cup | a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae |
kidney disease
renal disorder
nephropathy
nephrosis | a disease affecting the kidneys |
polycystic kidney disease
PKD | kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts, often leads to kidney failure |
renal failure
kidney failure | inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance |
acute renal failure
acute kidney failure | renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract |
chronic renal failure
chronic kidney failure | renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders |
Wilms' tumor
Wilms tumour
adenomyosarcoma
nephroblastoma
embryoma of the kidney | malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass |
| rubber cement | an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha |
| foam rubber | spongy rubber, made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery |
rubber
natural rubber
India rubber
gum elastic
caoutchouc | an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products |
| crepe rubber | crude natural rubber, used mainly for shoe soles |
| rubber synthetic rubber | any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber |
| silicone rubber | made from silicone elastomers, retains flexibility resilience and tensile strength over a wide temperature range |
| cold rubber | a rubber made at low temperatures ( degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires |
hard rubber
vulcanite
ebonite | a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber |
| Para rubber | a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees |
buna
buna rubber | made by polymerizing butadiene |
| butyl rubber | synthetic rubber made by polymerizing isobutylene |
rubberize
rubberise
rubber | coat or impregnate with rubber, rubberize fabric for rain coats |
rubber
no-good | returned for lack of funds, a rubber check, a no-good check |
reniform
kidney-shaped | (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney |