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 |
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 |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
solid body substance | the solid parts of the body |
solid geometry | the geometry of -dimensional space |
solid-state physics | the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals, superconductivity, photoconductivity |
food solid food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment, food and drink |
land dry land earth ground solid ground terra firma | the solid part of the earth's surface, the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land, the earth shook for several minutes, he dropped the logs on the ground |
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 |
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 |
solid | a three-dimensional shape |
solid figure three-dimensional figure | a three-dimensional shape |
solid angle | an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex) |
regular polyhedron regular convex solid regular convex polyhedron Platonic body Platonic solid ideal solid | any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent |
solid solidness solid state | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress, resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it, and retains a definite size and shape |
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 |
solid | matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
solid solution primary solid solution | a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals, a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal |
rubberize rubberise rubber | coat or impregnate with rubber, rubberize fabric for rain coats |
solid | uninterrupted in space, having no gaps or breaks, a solid line across the page, solid sheets of water |
solid | impenetrable for the eye, solid blackness |
solid | having three dimensions, a solid object |
solid unanimous whole | acting together as a single undiversified whole, a solid voting bloc |
solid | characterized by good substantial quality, solid comfort, a solid base hit |
rubber no-good | returned for lack of funds, a rubber check, a no-good check |
firm solid | not soft or yielding to pressure, a firm mattress, the snow was firm underfoot, solid ground |
solid | of one substance or character throughout, solid gold, carved out of solid rock |