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rubber
Organic compound, an elastic polymer made from the latex of various rubber trees and rubber plants, especially Hevea brasiliensis. Natural rubber, still important industrially, now competes with synthetic alternatives (see neoprene). Rubber's usefulness is based on its unique elasticity, which allows it to be deformed (stretched) and to recover its shape; it is made possible by vulcanization with sulfur or another cross-linking agent (essentially changing the polymer from thermoplastic to thermosetting; see plastics), along with accelerators and activators. Fillers and other additives allow tailoring of properties to the desired use (e.g., by foaming, shaping, and curing). More than half of all rubber goes into making tires; the rest is used principally in belts, hoses, gaskets, shoes, clothing, furniture, and toys.


warbler
Any songbird of almost 350 Old World species (family Sylviidae) or about 120 New World species (family Parulidae, see wood warbler). Old World warblers, found in gardens, woodlands, and marshes, have a slender bill adapted for gleaning insects from foliage. They occur mainly from Europe and Asia to Africa and Australia, but a few (e.g., the gnatcatcher) live in the Americas. They are drab greenish, brownish, or black and 3.5-10 in. (9-26 cm) long. See also blackcap, blackpoll warbler, gnatcatcher, wood warbler.

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