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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Doric order in CommonParlance
- definition the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
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Doriden in CommonParlance
- definition sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders
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Dorking in CommonParlance
- definition an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)
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Dormition in CommonParlance
- definition celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
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Dorotheanthus bellidiformis in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
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Doryopteris pedata in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
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Dostoevskian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
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Dostoyevskian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
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Douglas scale in CommonParlance
- definition scale used for measuring the height of waves
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Douglas sea scale in CommonParlance
- definition scale used for measuring the height of waves
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Douglas squirrel in CommonParlance
- definition far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel
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Dover's powder in CommonParlance
- definition a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium; formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration
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Dovyalis caffra in CommonParlance
- definition vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
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Dovyalis hebecarpa in CommonParlance
- definition a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India
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Down Easter in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Maine
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Down syndrome in CommonParlance
- definition a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
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Down's syndrome in CommonParlance
- definition a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
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Downing Street in CommonParlance
- definition the British government
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Dr. in CommonParlance
- definition a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
- definition a licensed medical practitioner
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Draba verna in CommonParlance
- definition annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules
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Dracaena draco in CommonParlance
- definition tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood
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Dracocephalum parviflorum in CommonParlance
- definition American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
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Draconian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
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Dracunculus medinensis in CommonParlance
- definition parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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Dracunculus vulgaris in CommonParlance
- definition European arum resembling the cuckoopint