| acrobat | (noun) an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination | - |
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| acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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| acrobatics | (noun) the gymnastic moves of an acrobat | Synonyms: tumbling |
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| (noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting |
| aerobatics | (noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: acrobatics, stunt flying, stunting |
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| algarroba | (noun) evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob | Synonyms: carob, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua |
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| (noun) mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela | Synonyms: Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora |
| (noun) long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod |
| (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarobilla, algarrobilla |
| approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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| (verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
| approbation | (noun) official recognition or approval | - |
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| (noun) official approval | - |
| approbative | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbatory, approving, plausive |
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| approbatory | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive |
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| araroba | (noun) a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases | Synonyms: chrysarobin, Goa powder |
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| arroba | (noun) a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries | - |
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| (noun) a liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries | - |
| coscoroba | (noun) large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans | - |
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| disapprobation | (noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable | Synonyms: condemnation |
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| enterobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals | Synonyms: enteric bacteria, enterics, entric |
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| equiprobable | (adjective) equally probable | - |
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| improbability | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbableness |
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| improbable | (adjective) not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | Synonyms: unlikely |
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| (adjective) having a probability too low to inspire belief | Synonyms: unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely |
| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: marvellous, marvelous, tall |
| improbableness | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbability |
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| improbably | (adverb) not easy to believe | Synonyms: implausibly, incredibly, unbelievably |
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| meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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| microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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| microbar | (noun) the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter | Synonyms: bar absolute, barye |
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| microbat | (noun) typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | Synonyms: carnivorous bat |
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| myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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| nitrobacteria | (noun) soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates | Synonyms: nitric bacteria |
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| nitrobacterium | (noun) any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates | - |
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| probabilism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action | - |
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| (noun) a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable | - |
| probabilistic | (adjective) of or relating to or based on probability | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism | - |
| probabilistically | (adverb) by the use of probability theory | - |
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| probability | (noun) the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event | - |
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| (noun) a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible | Synonyms: chance |
| probable | (adjective) likely but not certain to be or become true or real | - |
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| (adjective) apparently destined | - |
| (noun) an applicant likely to be chosen | - |
| probably | (adverb) with considerable certainty; without much doubt | Synonyms: belike, in all likelihood, in all probability, likely |
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| (adverb) easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | Synonyms: believably, credibly, plausibly |
| probate | (noun) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements | - |
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| (noun) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | Synonyms: probate will |
| (verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) | - |
| (verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | - |
| probation | (noun) (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court | - |
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| (noun) a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself | - |
| (noun) a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership | - |
| probationary | (adjective) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon | Synonyms: provisional, provisionary, tentative |
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| probationer | (noun) someone released on probation or on parole | Synonyms: parolee |
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| (noun) a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period | Synonyms: student nurse |
| 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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| 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 | - |
| robalo | (noun) a kind of percoid fish | - |
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