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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Dayton axe in CommonParlance
- definition an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
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Db in CommonParlance
- definition a transuranic element with atomic number 105
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Dec in CommonParlance
- definition the last (12th) month of the year
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Dec 24 in CommonParlance
- definition the day before Christmas
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Dec 25 in CommonParlance
- definition a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
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Decadron in CommonParlance
- definition a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation
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Decapterus macarellus in CommonParlance
- definition small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
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Decapterus punctatus in CommonParlance
- definition small fusiform fish of western Atlantic
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December in CommonParlance
- definition the last (12th) month of the year
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December 31 in CommonParlance
- definition the last day of the year
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December 8 in CommonParlance
- definition Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
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Declomycin in CommonParlance
- definition tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections
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Decoration Day in CommonParlance
- definition legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
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Decumaria barbara in CommonParlance
- definition woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters
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Decumaria barbata in CommonParlance
- definition woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters
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Deepfreeze in CommonParlance
- definition electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
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Defender of the Faith in CommonParlance
- definition a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since
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Defense in CommonParlance
- definition the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in CommonParlance
- definition the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
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Defense Department in CommonParlance
- definition the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
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Defense Information Systems Agency in CommonParlance
- definition a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Defense Intelligence Agency in CommonParlance
- definition an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
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Defense Logistics Agency in CommonParlance
- definition a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions
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Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service in CommonParlance
- definition the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus
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Defense Technical Information Center in CommonParlance
- definition the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors