CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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acervate in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass
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acervulus in CommonParlance
- definition small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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acetabular in CommonParlance
- definition of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
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acetabulum in CommonParlance
- definition the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
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acetal in CommonParlance
- definition any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules
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acetaldehyde in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
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acetaldol in CommonParlance
- definition unsaturated aldol
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acetamide in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds
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acetaminophen in CommonParlance
- definition an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets)
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acetanilid in CommonParlance
- definition a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen)
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acetanilide in CommonParlance
- definition a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen)
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acetate in CommonParlance
- definition a salt or ester of acetic acid
- definition a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
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acetate disk in CommonParlance
- definition a disk coated with cellulose acetate
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acetate rayon in CommonParlance
- definition a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
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acetic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or containing acetic acid
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acetic acid in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
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acetic anhydride in CommonParlance
- definition a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin
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acetify in CommonParlance
- definition make sour or more sour
- definition turn acidic
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acetin in CommonParlance
- definition any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together
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acetoacetic acid in CommonParlance
- definition unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation)
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acetone in CommonParlance
- definition the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
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acetone body in CommonParlance
- definition a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders
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acetonemia in CommonParlance
- definition an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
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acetonic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to acetone
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acetonuria in CommonParlance
- definition excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation