English dictionary: words starting with prob - page 2

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

Usage examples:

They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Usage examples:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

adjective

Of the nature or appearance of a proboscis; of or relating to a proboscis.

adjective

Provided with a proboscis, proboscidean; having the form of a proboscis.

plural noun

An order of large mammals that comprises the elephants and their extinct relatives. they are distinguished by the possession of a trunk and tusks.

Usage examples:

The bones belong to an animal in the order proboscidea - large mammals with trunks - the same order…

noun

A mammal of the order proboscidea, which comprises the elephants and their extinct relatives.

Usage examples:

The nature and behavior of these proboscideans have also haunted south african naturalist lyall wat…

adjective

Relating to or denoting proboscideans.

Usage examples:

Hypsodonty has been shown to be a spurious correlate to obligate grazing in previous studies on cer…

noun

The nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir.

Usage examples:

All tapirs have a short, fleshy proboscis formed by the snout and upper lips.

adjective

Having a proboscis; of or relating to a proboscis; having the form or shape of a proboscis.

noun

A mammal of the order proboscidea, which comprises the elephants and their extinct relatives.

Usage examples:

The nature and behavior of these proboscideans have also haunted south african naturalist lyall wat…

adjective

Relating to or denoting proboscideans.

Usage examples:

Hypsodonty has been shown to be a spurious correlate to obligate grazing in previous studies on cer…

adjective

Having the form or shape of a proboscis; resembling a proboscis.

adjective

= proboscidiform .

noun

The nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir.

Usage examples:

All tapirs have a short, fleshy proboscis formed by the snout and upper lips.

noun

The nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir.

Usage examples:

All tapirs have a short, fleshy proboscis formed by the snout and upper lips.

adjective

Designating the athenian council, which discussed measures before they were submitted to the general assembly; of, relating to, or designating the decrees passed after preliminary debate by this council.