LATEX Synonyms

• a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

• the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

• any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying

• cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

• wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

• any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

• cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum

• grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

• become sticky

• exude or form gum

• 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

• any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber

• a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides

• an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil

• contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

• a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

• returned for lack of funds

• coat or impregnate with rubber

• a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• deplete

• excavate the earth beneath

• a water-base paint that has a latex binder

• a water-base paint that has a latex binder