CommonParlance
Seed
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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crossover voter in CommonParlance
- definition a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
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crosspatch in CommonParlance
- definition a bad-tempered person
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crosspiece in CommonParlance
- definition a horizontal beam that extends across something
- definition a transverse brace
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crossroad in CommonParlance
- definition a junction where one street or road crosses another
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crossroads in CommonParlance
- definition a community of people smaller than a village
- definition a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
- definition a point where a choice must be made
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crossruff in CommonParlance
- definition trump alternately in two hands
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crosstalk in CommonParlance
- definition the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
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crosstie in CommonParlance
- definition one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
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crosstown in CommonParlance
- definition going or extending across a town or city
- definition across a town or city
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crosswalk in CommonParlance
- definition a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
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crossway in CommonParlance
- definition a junction where one street or road crosses another
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crossways in CommonParlance
- definition transversely
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crosswind in CommonParlance
- definition wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
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crosswise in CommonParlance
- definition lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
- definition in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
- definition not in the intended manner
- definition transversely
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crossword in CommonParlance
- definition a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
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crossword puzzle in CommonParlance
- definition a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
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crotal in CommonParlance
- definition any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made
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crotalaria in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
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crotaphion in CommonParlance
- definition the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone
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crotch in CommonParlance
- definition the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- definition the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- definition external sex organ
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crotch hair in CommonParlance
- definition hair growing in the pubic area
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crotchet in CommonParlance
- definition a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- definition a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
- definition a strange attitude or habit
- definition a small tool or hooklike implement
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crotchetiness in CommonParlance
- definition a fussy and eccentric disposition
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crotchety in CommonParlance
- definition having a difficult and contrary disposition
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croton in CommonParlance
- definition grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
- definition tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil