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  • n  an examination conducted by spoken communication
  • s  using speech rather than writing
    an oral tradition
    an oral agreement
  • a  of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth
    oral hygiene
    an oral thermometer
    an oral vaccine
  • a  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
  • a  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

  • The British government last week announced that it is making oral contraceptives available at trifling cost under the National Health Service to Britain's women, who number 12,250 .
  • The tape also clearly showed that the 15-year-old girl involved in the oral sex episode had also consented; but Georgia law at the time made any oral sex with a partner under 16 a .
  • Doctors have connected the human papillomavirus (HPV) and oral sex to an increased risk of an oral cancer in both sexes.
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  • Leah Ward Sears in Seattle Times
    Sears said that represented a "seismic shift in the legislature's view of the gravity of oral sex between two willing participants."
  • Billy Graham in Newsweek
    (In a statement, Graham called "a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother:I look forward to the day that I will see Oral and Evelyn Roberts again in Heaven-our eternal home."
  • Joyce Kennard in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    What I am picking up from the oral arguments is that this court should willy-nilly disregard the will of the people,said Kennard, who just 10 months ago voted that prohibiting same-sex marriages violated the civil rights of gays. "The...

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