| APPROBATE | • approbate adj. Approved. • approbate v. (Transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to. • APPROBATE v. to approve expressly or formally. |
| CRYOPROBE | • cryoprobe n. (Surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| GEOPROBES | • geoprobes n. Plural of geoprobe. • GEOPROBE n. a spacecraft which explores space near the earth. |
| IMPROBITY | • improbity n. A lack of probity, honesty or integrity. • IMPROBITY n. dishonesty. |
| PROBABLES | • probables n. Plural of probable. • PROBABLE n. something probable. |
| PROBATING | • probating v. Present participle of probate. • PROBATE v. to establish the validity of a will. |
| PROBATION | • probation n. A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance. • probation n. (Law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but… • probation n. A testing period of time. |
| PROBATIVE | • probative adj. (Law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation. • PROBATIVE adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATORY. |
| PROBATORY | • probatory adj. Serving for trial; probationary. • probatory adj. Relating to, or serving for, proof. • PROBATORY adj. testing, affording proof, also PROBATIVE. |
| PROBEABLE | • probeable adj. Able to be probed. • PROBEABLE adj. that can be probed. |
| PROBINGLY | • probingly adv. In a probing way. • PROBINGLY adv. PROBING. |
| PROBIOTIC | • probiotic n. (Bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. • probiotic adj. (Ecology) Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation. • probiotic adj. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. |
| PROBITIES | • probities n. Plural of probity. • PROBITY n. complete and confirmed integrity. |
| PROBOSCIS | • proboscis n. (Anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. • proboscis n. (Informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose. • PROBOSCIS n. an elongated organ, usually associated with the mouth. |
| REPROBACY | • reprobacy n. Reprobation. • REPROBACY n. the state of being a reprobate. |
| REPROBATE | • reprobate adj. (Rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless. • reprobate adj. Rejected by God; damned, sinful. • reprobate adj. Immoral, having no religious or principled character. |
| REPROBING | • reprobing n. Probing again. • REPROBE v. to probe again. |
| SAPROBIAL | • SAPROBIAL adj. of or like a saprobe, an organism living in foul water, also SAPROBIC. |
| SAPROBITY | • saprobity n. (Ecology) A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |