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.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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cynosure in CommonParlance
- definition something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
- definition something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
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cynthia moth in CommonParlance
- definition large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus
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cypher in CommonParlance
- definition a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- definition a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
- definition a person of no influence
- definition a secret method of writing
- definition a message written in a secret code
- definition convert ordinary language into code
- definition make a mathematical calculation or computation
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cypre in CommonParlance
- definition large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
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cypress in CommonParlance
- definition wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
- definition any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
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cypress pine in CommonParlance
- definition wood of any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
- definition any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
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cypress sedge in CommonParlance
- definition tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
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cypress spurge in CommonParlance
- definition Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
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cypress tree in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
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cypress vine in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
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cyprian in CommonParlance
- definition resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
- definition a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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cyprinid in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
- definition soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
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cyprinid fish in CommonParlance
- definition soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
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cypriniform fish in CommonParlance
- definition a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
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cyprinodont in CommonParlance
- definition any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
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cyprinoid in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
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cypripedia in CommonParlance
- definition a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
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cyproheptadine in CommonParlance
- definition an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions
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cyrilla in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
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cyrilla family in CommonParlance
- definition shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia
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cyst in CommonParlance
- definition a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
- definition a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
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cysteine in CommonParlance
- definition an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
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cystic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder)
- definition of or relating to or resembling a cyst
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cystic artery in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver
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cystic breast disease in CommonParlance
- definition the presence of one or more cysts in a breast