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.
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acid-fast in CommonParlance
- definition not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
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acid-forming in CommonParlance
- definition yielding an acid in aqueous solution
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acid-loving in CommonParlance
- definition thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7)
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acid-tasting in CommonParlance
- definition having a sour acidic taste
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acid-wash in CommonParlance
- definition wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look
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acidemia in CommonParlance
- definition a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale)
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acidic in CommonParlance
- definition being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)
- definition being sour to the taste
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acidic hydrogen in CommonParlance
- definition a hydrogen atom in an acid that forms a positive ion when the acid dissociates
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acidification in CommonParlance
- definition the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid
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acidify in CommonParlance
- definition make sour or more sour
- definition turn acidic
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acidimetric in CommonParlance
- definition involving or related to acidimetry
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acidimetry in CommonParlance
- definition volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present
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acidity in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being acidic
- definition the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
- definition pH values below 7
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acidophil in CommonParlance
- definition an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
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acidophile in CommonParlance
- definition an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
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acidophilic in CommonParlance
- definition especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
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acidophilous in CommonParlance
- definition especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
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acidophilus in CommonParlance
- definition a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics
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acidophilus milk in CommonParlance
- definition milk fermented by bacteria; used to treat gastrointestinal disorders
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acidosis in CommonParlance
- definition abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
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acidotic in CommonParlance
- definition having or being characterized by acidosis
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acidulate in CommonParlance
- definition make sour or more sour
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acidulent in CommonParlance
- definition being sour to the taste
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acidulous in CommonParlance
- definition being sour to the taste
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acidulousness in CommonParlance
- definition the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth