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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.

Propose an assessment

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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  • cress green in CommonParlance
    • definition of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
  • cress plant in CommonParlance
    • definition any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
  • cresson in CommonParlance
    • definition of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
  • crest in CommonParlance
    • definition the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
    • definition the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    • definition the center of a cambered road
    • definition (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
    • definition a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
    • definition lie at the top of
    • definition reach a high point
  • crested in CommonParlance
    • definition bearing an heraldic device
    • definition (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
    • definition (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
  • crested cariama in CommonParlance
    • definition Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
  • crested coral root in CommonParlance
    • definition orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
  • crested myna in CommonParlance
    • definition dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia
  • crested penguin in CommonParlance
    • definition small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
  • crested screamer in CommonParlance
    • definition distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
  • crested swift in CommonParlance
    • definition birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
  • crested wheat grass in CommonParlance
    • definition Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
  • crested wheatgrass in CommonParlance
    • definition Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
  • crestfallen in CommonParlance
  • crestless wave in CommonParlance
    • definition the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
  • cretaceous in CommonParlance
  • cretan dittany in CommonParlance
  • crete dittany in CommonParlance
  • cretin in CommonParlance
  • cretinism in CommonParlance
    • definition severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
  • cretinous in CommonParlance
  • cretonne in CommonParlance
    • definition an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
  • crevalle jack in CommonParlance
    • definition fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli and yellow cavalli (Caranx hippos)
  • crevasse in CommonParlance
  • crevice in CommonParlance