| oral | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva, viva voce | an examination conducted by spoken communication. |
| ~ exam, examination, test | a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" |
| adj. | 2. oral, unwritten | using speech rather than writing.; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement" |
| ~ spoken | uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination.; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken" |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. oral | of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth.; "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine" |
| adj. | 4. oral | 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" |
| ~ anatomy, general anatomy | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals. |
| ~ buccal | oriented toward the inside of the cheek.; "the buccal aspect of the gum" |
| ~ buccal | lying within the mouth.; "a buccal gland" |
| adj. | 5. oral | 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. |
| ~ depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" |
| verbal | | |
| adj. | 1. verbal | communicated in the form of words.; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest" |
| ~ communicatory, communicative | able or tending to communicate.; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew" |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. verbal | of or relating to or formed from words in general.; "verbal ability" |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. verbal | of or relating to or formed from a verb.; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'" |
| adj. | 4. verbal | relating to or having facility in the use of words.; "a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude" |
| adj. | 5. verbal | expressed in spoken words.; "a verbal contract" |
| ~ spoken | uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination.; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken" |
| adj. | 6. verbal | prolix.; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal" |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ prolix | tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length.; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" |
| baba | | |
| n. (food) | 1. baba | a small cake leavened with yeast. |
| ~ cake | baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. |
| ~ baba au rhum, rum baba | a baba soaked in rum. |
| baba | | |
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