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Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.

In an oral manner. Tillotson.

Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

bling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy. Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush. Longfellow.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

Having two bodies.

Relating to the blastophore.

Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.]

Chloral hydrate. Chloral hydrate, a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral.

A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

ining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony. Choral service, a service of song.

A singer or composer of chorals.

In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

Adjointing the shore.

A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. -- Chain coral. See under Chain. -- Coral animal (Zoöl.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects.…