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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criminative in CommonParlance
- definition charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
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criminatory in CommonParlance
- definition charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
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criminological in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or involved in criminology
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criminologist in CommonParlance
- definition a specialist in criminology
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criminology in CommonParlance
- definition the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
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crimp in CommonParlance
- definition an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- definition someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- definition a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- definition make ridges into by pinching together
- definition curl tightly
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crimper in CommonParlance
- definition someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- definition a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- definition a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.
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crimping iron in CommonParlance
- definition An electrical appliance for crimping the hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a sawtooth fashion.
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crimping pliers in CommonParlance
- definition a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.
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crimson in CommonParlance
- definition of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- definition characterized by violence or bloodshed
- definition (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- definition a deep and vivid red color
- definition turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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crimson clover in CommonParlance
- definition southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
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crimson-magenta in CommonParlance
- definition magenta tinged with crimson
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crimson-purple in CommonParlance
- definition purple tinged with crimson
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crimson-yellow in CommonParlance
- definition yellow tinged with crimson
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cringe in CommonParlance
- definition some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame
- definition A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
- definition draw back, as with fear or pain
- definition show submission or fear
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cringe worthy in CommonParlance
- definition of things that should cause embarrassment and shame
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cringey in CommonParlance
- definition embarrassing such that it would cause cringing
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cringing in CommonParlance
- definition totally submissive
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cringle in CommonParlance
- definition fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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crinion in CommonParlance
- definition point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead
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crinkle in CommonParlance
- definition a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- definition make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic
- definition become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
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crinkle root in CommonParlance
- definition North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
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crinkle-root in CommonParlance
- definition North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
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crinkled in CommonParlance
- definition uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
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crinkleroot in CommonParlance
- definition North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots