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
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Terms in this context
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cylix in CommonParlance
- definition a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
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cyma in CommonParlance
- definition (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
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cyma recta in CommonParlance
- definition a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex
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cyma reversa in CommonParlance
- definition a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
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cymatium in CommonParlance
- definition (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
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cymbal in CommonParlance
- definition a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
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cymbalist in CommonParlance
- definition a performer on the cymbals
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cymbid in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
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cymbidium in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
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cyme in CommonParlance
- definition more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
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cymene in CommonParlance
- definition any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins
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cymling in CommonParlance
- definition squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white
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cymograph in CommonParlance
- definition scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
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cymose in CommonParlance
- definition having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side
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cymule in CommonParlance
- definition a small cyme, generally with few flowers
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cynanchum in CommonParlance
- definition any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
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cynancum in CommonParlance
- definition any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
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cynic in CommonParlance
- definition someone who is critical of the motives of others
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cynical in CommonParlance
- definition believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
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cynically in CommonParlance
- definition with cynicism; in a cynical manner
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cynicism in CommonParlance
- definition a cynical feeling of distrust
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cynipid gall wasp in CommonParlance
- definition small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
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cynipid wasp in CommonParlance
- definition small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
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cynodont in CommonParlance
- definition small carnivorous reptiles
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cynophobia in CommonParlance
- definition a morbid fear of dogs