Oral

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oral \O"ral\, a. [L. os, oris, the mouth, akin to Skr. [=a]s.
     Cf. {Adore}, {Orison}, {Usher}.]
     1. Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written;
        verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the
        mouth; as, the oral cavity; oral cilia or cirri.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oral
       adj 1: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an
              oral agreement" [syn: {unwritten}]
       2: of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth;
          "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine"
       3: of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on
          which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral
          mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish" [ant: {aboral}]
       4: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's
          interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this
          stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and
          aggression [ant: {anal}]
       n : an examination conducted by word of mouth [syn: {oral exam},
            {oral examination}, {viva voce}, {viva}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  97 Moby Thesaurus words for "oral":
     acknowledged, admitted, answering, articulate, articulated,
     audition, blue book, communicating, communicational, communional,
     conventional, conversational, customary, enunciated, established,
     exam, examen, examination, final, final examination, fixed, folk,
     great go, hallowed, handed down, hearing, heroic, hoary, honors,
     immemorial, interacting, interactional, interactive,
     intercommunicational, intercommunicative, intercommunional,
     interresponsive, interrogative, interrogatory, inveterate,
     legendary, lingual, linguistic, long-established, long-standing,
     mandibular, maxillary, midsemester, midterm, mouthlike,
     mythological, nuncupative, of long standing, of the folk,
     oral examination, orificial, parol, prelim, prescriptive,
     pronounced, questioning, quiz, received, recognized, responsive,
     rooted, said, sonant, sounded, speech, spoken,
     take-home examination, telepathic, test, time-honored, told,
     traditional, transmissional, trial, tried and true, tripos,
     true-blue, understood, unwritten, uttered, venerable, verbal, viva,
     viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful, word-of-mouth,
     worshipful, written, written examination
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ORAL. Something spoken in contradistinction to something written; as oral 
  evidence, which is evidence delivered verbally by a witness, 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Oral, SD
    Zip code(s): 57766