Vulcanize
To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.
Nearby words
Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian.
Volcanicity.
Volcanism.
A volcanist.
Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur.
The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.
One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc.
A volcano.
The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc.
A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.
The act or process of making vulgar, or common.
To make vulgar, or common.