uttered by the mouth; spoken

oral testimony.

of, using, or transmitted by speech

oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions.

of, pertaining to, or involving the mouth

the oral cavity.

done, taken, or administered through the mouth

an oral dose of medicine.

Phonetics . articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v.

Psychoanalysis .

of or pertaining to the earliest phase of infantile psychosexual development, lasting from birth to one year of age or longer, during which pleasure is obtained from eating, sucking, and biting.

of or pertaining to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood

oral anxiety.

of or pertaining to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking

Zoology . pertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles.

an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given esp. to a candidate for an advanced degree.

adjective

printed , written

adjective

articulate , ejaculatory , lingual , narrated , phonated , phonetic , phonic , recounted , related , said , sonant , sounded , told , unwritten , uttered , verbal , viva voce , vocal , voiced , [[word-of-mouthnotes:oral applies only to the spoken word but verbal can describe both spoken and written; oral means \'by mouth\' or \'by spoken word\' and verbal means \'written or spoken word\' - so an oral agreement is spoken but a verbal agreement can be spoken or written]] , spoken , word-of-mouth , aloud , buccal , catechistic , declamatory , nuncupative , oratorical , parole , rhetorical , tacit , vial