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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Dragunov in CommonParlance
- definition a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight
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Dramamine in CommonParlance
- definition antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness
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Drambuie in CommonParlance
- definition a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur
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Dravidian in CommonParlance
- definition a member of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of India
- definition a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka, as well as overseas in Malaysia and Singapore
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Dravidian language in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka, as well as overseas in Malaysia and Singapore
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Dravidic in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka, as well as overseas in Malaysia and Singapore
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Dreissena polymorpha in CommonParlance
- definition inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels
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Drimys winteri in CommonParlance
- definition South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
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Drixoral in CommonParlance
- definition the trade name for a drug used to treat upper respiratory congestion; it contains an antihistamine and a bronchodilator and a vasoconstrictor
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Dromaius novaehollandiae in CommonParlance
- definition large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
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Drosophila melanogaster in CommonParlance
- definition small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
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Drosophyllum lusitanicum in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco
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Drug Enforcement Administration in CommonParlance
- definition federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
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Drug Enforcement Agency in CommonParlance
- definition federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
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Druid in CommonParlance
- definition a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
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Druse in CommonParlance
- definition an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
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Druze in CommonParlance
- definition an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
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Dryas octopetala in CommonParlance
- definition creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
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Drymarchon corais in CommonParlance
- definition large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico
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Drymarchon corais couperi in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of indigo snake
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Drynaria rigidula in CommonParlance
- definition giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
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Dryophytes arenicolor in CommonParlance
- definition a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico
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Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus in CommonParlance
- definition fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene
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Dryopteris dilatata in CommonParlance
- definition European shield fern
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Dryopteris filix-mas in CommonParlance
- definition fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms