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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Dalbergia latifolia in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
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Dalbergia nigra in CommonParlance
- definition an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
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Dalbergia retusa in CommonParlance
- definition a valuable timber tree of tropical South America
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Dalbergia sissoo in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties
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Dalbergia stevensonii in CommonParlance
- definition Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood
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Dalea spinosa in CommonParlance
- definition greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor
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Dall sheep in CommonParlance
- definition large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
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Dall's sheep in CommonParlance
- definition large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
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Dalmane in CommonParlance
- definition tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia
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Dalmatia pyrethrum in CommonParlance
- definition white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
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Dalmatian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants
- definition a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia
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Dalmatian iris in CommonParlance
- definition European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers
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Dalmatian laburnum in CommonParlance
- definition erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus
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Dalmatian pyrethrum in CommonParlance
- definition white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
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Dalton's law in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation
- definition (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
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Dalton's law of partial pressures in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
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Daltonism in CommonParlance
- definition dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
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Dama dama in CommonParlance
- definition small Eurasian deer
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Damaliscus lunatus in CommonParlance
- definition a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
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Damaraland mole rat in CommonParlance
- definition colonial mole rat of western Africa; similar to naked mole rat
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Damascene in CommonParlance
- definition a native or inhabitant of Damascus
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Damascus steel in CommonParlance
- definition a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades
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Damask steel in CommonParlance
- definition a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades
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Dame's violet in CommonParlance
- definition long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
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Danaus plexippus in CommonParlance
- definition large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed