The Clue
Transmitted by speech (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ORAL
Tags
Notes
The answer ORAL is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
Related Clues
Acroamatic
Aloud
Buccal
Nuncupative
Spoken
Test
Unwritten
Uttered
Verbal
Voiced
Big exam
Evangelist Roberts
Form of exam
Intense exam
Kind of defense
Kind of hygiene
Kind of surgery
Mr. Roberts
Not injected
Not written
Ph.D. exam
Read aloud
Type of history
Viva voce
Viva-voce
Word-of-mouth
___-B (Gillette division)
Face-to-face test
Like much folklore
Like the Sabin vaccine
Like Sabin's vaccine
Like some traditions
Not written, as a test
___ Roberts U., Tulsa
Start for hygiene or Roberts
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