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Rubber

One who, or that which, rubs.

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Bad 84% connected

Bade.

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Bad 84% connected

Bade.

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Broader term 10

Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Competition 76% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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Contest 76% connected

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

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Eraser 76% connected

One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

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Latex 76% connected

A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whethe…

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Overshoe 76% connected

A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.

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Preventative 76% connected

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Preventive 76% connected

Going before; preceding.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Synthetic 76% connected

Alt. of Synthetical

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Ebonite 76% connected

A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating materia…

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Vulcanite 76% connected

Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.

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Caoutchouc 74% connected

A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia…

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Caoutchouc 74% connected

A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia…

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Containing whole 1

Pencil 70% connected

A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.

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Synonym 6

Arctic 92% connected

Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Caoutchouc 92% connected

A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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India rubber 92% connected

See Caoutchouc.

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Prophylactic 92% connected

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Safe 92% connected

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from sto…

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Safety 92% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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