The Clue
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The Answer
ORAL
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Notes
The answer ORAL is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
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Aloud
Buccal
___ contraceptive
Exam
___ fixation
___ hygiene
Mouthy?
Nuncupative
Roberts
Spoken
___ surgery
Unwritten
Uttered
Evangelist Roberts
Grilling test
Kind of history
Kind of hygiene
Kind of test
Kind of testimony
Not injected
Rev. Roberts
Spoon-administered
Type of vaccine
Using speech
Viva voce
Viva-voce
Dental school exam?
Kind of exam or history
Like the Sabin vaccine
Like some antibiotics
Like some exams
Like some votes
Much-dreaded exam
___ Roberts U., Tulsa
Start for hygiene or Roberts
Like slander, as opposed to libel
Definition
ORAL as a noun:
1. (oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva) = an examination conducted by word of mouth
ORAL as an adjective:
1. (oral, unwritten) = using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"
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"
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