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 |
air cushion
inflatable cushion | a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated |
| air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
arctic
galosh
golosh
rubber
gumshoe | a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow |
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 |
| cushion | a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. |
| cushion | the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle |
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 |
| seat cushion | a cushion that makes a seat more comfortable |
shock absorber
shock
cushion | a mechanical damper, absorbs energy of sudden impulses, the old car needed a new set of shocks |
cushion flower
pincushion hakea
Hakea laurina | tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers, western Australia |
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 |
wild basil
cushion calamint
Clinopodium vulgare
Satureja vulgaris | aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers, widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia |
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 |
| Rufous rubber cup | a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae |
| rubber cement | an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha |
| air cushion | the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground |
| 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 |
cushion
buffer
soften | protect from impact, cushion the blow |
rubber
no-good | returned for lack of funds, a rubber check, a no-good check |