ora-, or-, orat-; os- +

(Latin: oris, mouth, face; opening, entrance; talk, speak, say)

1. Away from the mouth or oral region.
2. The opposite of orad.
aboral (adjective), more aboral, most aboral
adorable (adjective)
1. Charming, lovable, and usually very attractive.
2. Etymology: from French adorer, "to adore, to worship"; from Latin adorare, "to speak to, to entreat, to ask in prayer, to worship"; from ad-, "to" and orare, "to speak, to pray".
2. Characterized by being extremely charming.
adoral (adjective) (not comparable)
Relating to the location near the mouth of an organism; pertaining to the direction toward the mouth: In the story Peter was reading the magic bird had adoral marks near its beak which shone brilliantly when it chirped in the morning.
1. A feeling of profound love and admiration.
2. Worship given to God alone.
3. The act of strongly admiring.
adore (verb), adores; adored; adoring
1. To love someone intensely; to regard with deep, often rapturous love: Even though they were married for five years, Jack and Jill still adored each other like in the very beginning of their relationship!
2. To like something or someone very much: Naomi just adored her little kitten and gave it little treats to eat.

Mary loved to go to her grandmother's home because she adored the chocolate cupcakes her grandmother always made!
3. To worship God, a god, or a spirit: The church members in the village all adored the Supreme Being and prayed every day.

1. Someone who regards another person with deep, often rapturous love.
2. Anyone who likes someone, or something, very much.
3. A person who likes or admires something, someone, or groups, very much.
Characterized with loving admiration and devotion.
deosculate (verb), deosculates; deosculated; deosculating
To kiss affectionately or warmly: Whenever Eve's little children came home from school, she would hug them and deosculate each one because she was so glad to have them back with her again.
exorable (adjective)
1. Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
2. Etymology: from Latin exorabilis, "easily moved by entreaty"; from exorare, "to move by entreaty, to persuade"; from ex-, "out, away" and orare, "to pray".
exosculate (noun), exosculates; exosculated; exosculating
To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or with fondness.
inexorable (adjective), more inexorable, most inexorable
1. Descriptive of something that is impossible to stop or to prevent: When people get older, it is inexorable or inevitable that they will not have the same energy and capabilities as they did when they were younger.
2. A reference to a person who is adamant and pitiless; unyielding: Mildred was someone who was quite stubborn and inexorable, and not moved by anyone's attempts to plead or have her change her mind.
A reference to being unable to stop.
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In an inexorable manner or continuing without any possibility of being stopped.
inosculate (verb), inosculates; inosculated; inosculating
To join and blend with something else, or to join or blend one thing with another: Sometimes doctors inosculate a patient's blood vessels, nerve fibers, or ducts with small openings so he or she can physically function better.

Dr. Brown was surgically inosculating the blood vessels of the patient in order for her to recover from her lack of freely flowing blood in her legs.


A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.