Words That Start With: PROB

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

• An individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the investigation of the individual's family

• A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the oesophagus, etc.

• a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate

• the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

• put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

• establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

• an exploratory action or expedition

• an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• examine physically with or as if with a probe

• A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses