The Clue
Type of history (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ORAL
Tags
Notes
The answer ORAL is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
Related Clues
Buccal
___ hygiene
___ hygienist
By mouth
Nuncupative
Parol
Roberts
Said
Spoken
Uttered
Verbal
Voiced
Evangelist Roberts
Exam type
Grilling test
Kind of exam
Kind of history
Kind of hygiene
Kind of test
Kind of testimony
Kind of tradition
Kind of vaccine
Mouth-to-mouth
Mr. Roberts
Not written
Preacher Roberts
Type of exam
Type of vaccine
Using speech
Viva voce
Viva-voce
Word-of-mouth
Face-to-face exam
Kind of exam or history
Like the Sabin vaccine
Like Sabin's vaccine
Like some surgery
Richard Roberts's father
Exam given face-to-face
Like Dr. Sabin's vaccine
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