| probative | (adjective) tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | Synonyms: probatory |
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| probatory | (adjective) tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | Synonyms: probative |
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| probe | (noun) an exploratory action or expedition | - |
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| (noun) an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity | - |
| (noun) a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities | - |
| (noun) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities | Synonyms: investigation |
| (verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely | Synonyms: examine |
| (verb) examine physically with or as if with a probe | Synonyms: dig into, poke into |
| probenecid | (noun) a uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout | - |
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| probing | (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, searching |
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| probiotic | (noun) a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant | Synonyms: probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora |
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| (noun) A dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora. | - |
| probity | (noun) complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles | - |
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| problem | (noun) a source of difficulty | Synonyms: trouble |
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| (noun) a question raised for consideration or solution | - |
| (noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: job |
| problematic | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematical, tough |
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| (adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: debatable, problematical |
| problematical | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, tough |
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| (adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: debatable, problematic |
| problematically | (adverb) in such a way as to pose a problem | - |
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| problematics | (noun) the uncertainties or difficulties inherent in a situation or plan. | - |
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| proboscidean | (noun) massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | Synonyms: proboscidian |
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| proboscidian | (noun) massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | Synonyms: proboscidean |
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| proboscis | (noun) a long flexible snout as of an elephant | Synonyms: trunk |
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| (noun) the human nose (especially when it is large) | - |
| reprobate | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverse, perverted |
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| (noun) a person without moral scruples | Synonyms: miscreant |
| (verb) reject (documents) as invalid | - |
| (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate |
| (verb) abandon to eternal damnation | - |
| reprobation | (noun) severe disapproval | - |
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| (noun) rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell | - |
| rob | (verb) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner | - |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, soak, surcharge |
| robalo | (noun) a kind of percoid fish | - |
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| robber | (noun) a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | - |
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| robbery | (noun) larceny by threat of violence | - |
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| (noun) plundering during riots or in wartime | Synonyms: looting |
| robe | (noun) any loose flowing garment | - |
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| (noun) outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions | Synonyms: gown |
| (verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes | Synonyms: vest |
| (verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, drape |
| robed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented |
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| robin | (noun) large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen | Synonyms: American robin, Turdus migratorius |
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| (noun) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast | Synonyms: Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, redbreast, robin redbreast |
| roble | (noun) tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns | Synonyms: California white oak, Quercus lobata, valley oak, valley white oak |
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| (noun) large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens | Synonyms: Platymiscium trinitatis |
| robocall | (noun) An phone call made by an automated service | - |
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| robot | (noun) a mechanism that can move automatically | Synonyms: automaton, golem |
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| robotic | (adjective) of or relating to mechanical robots | - |
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| (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike |
| robotics | (noun) the area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots | - |
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| robotlike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotic |
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| robust | (adjective) sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction | - |
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| (adjective) strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity | - |
| (adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor | Synonyms: full-bodied, racy, rich |
| (adjective) rough and crude | - |
| robustious | (adjective) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | Synonyms: boisterous, rambunctious, rumbustious, unruly |
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| robustly | (adverb) in a robust manner | - |
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| robustness | (noun) the property of being strong and healthy in constitution | Synonyms: hardiness, lustiness |
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| (noun) the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge | - |
| saprobe | (noun) an organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water | - |
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| saprobic | (adjective) living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen | - |
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| searobin | (noun) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: sea robin |
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| sideroblast | (noun) an erythroblast having granules of ferritin | - |
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| strobe | (noun) scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary | Synonyms: strobe light, stroboscope |
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| strobile | (noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | Synonyms: cone, strobilus |
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| strobilus | (noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | Synonyms: cone, strobile |
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| stroboscope | (noun) scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary | Synonyms: strobe, strobe light |
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| telerobotics | (noun) the area of robotics that is concerned with the control of robots from a distance | - |
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| throb | (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throbbing |
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| (noun) a deep pulsating type of pain | - |
| (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, shudder, thrill |
| (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulsate, pulse |
| (verb) pulsate or pound with abnormal force | - |
| throbbing | (adjective) pounding or beating strongly or violently | - |
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| (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throb |
| (noun) a sound with a strong rhythmic beat | - |
| uncorroborated | (adjective) unsupported by other evidence | Synonyms: unsubstantiated |
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| unproblematic | (adjective) easy and not involved or complicated | Synonyms: elementary, simple, uncomplicated |
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| unproblematicalness | (noun) The quality of not posing a problem; not being difficult to overcome or solve. | - |
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| urobilin | (noun) brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine | - |
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| urobilinogen | (noun) a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine | Synonyms: stercobilinogen |
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| wardrobe | (noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: closet, press |
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| (noun) collection of clothing belonging to one person | - |
| (noun) collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company | - |