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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Dutchman in CommonParlance
- definition a male native or inhabitant of Holland
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Dutchman's breeches in CommonParlance
- definition delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having white flowers with double spurs
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Dutchman's-pipe in CommonParlance
- definition hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
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Dutchwoman in CommonParlance
- definition a female native or inhabitant of Holland
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Dy in CommonParlance
- definition a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
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Dyirbal in CommonParlance
- definition a language of Australian aborigines, spoken in northeast Queensland
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Dyirbal language in CommonParlance
- definition a language of Australian aborigines, spoken in northeast Queensland
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Dynapen in CommonParlance
- definition antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin
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d in CommonParlance
- definition denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
- definition the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
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d.j. in CommonParlance
- definition a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
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d.o.a. in CommonParlance
- definition abbreviation for ‘dead on arrival’ at the emergency room
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dAMP in CommonParlance
- definition nucleotide derived from adenine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
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dB in CommonParlance
- definition a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
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dCMP in CommonParlance
- definition nucleotide derived from cytosine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
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dGMP in CommonParlance
- definition nucleotide derived from guanine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
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dTMP in CommonParlance
- definition nucleotide derived from thymine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
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da'wah in CommonParlance
- definition missionary work for Islam
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dab in CommonParlance
- definition a light touch or stroke
- definition a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- definition a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
- definition apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- definition hit lightly
- definition to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil
- definition to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
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dabbing in CommonParlance
- definition pressing a marijuana concentrate to a hot surface in order to vaporize it and inhale the concentrate
- definition a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
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dabble in CommonParlance
- definition dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- definition play in or as if in water, as of small children
- definition work with in an amateurish manner
- definition bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
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dabbled in CommonParlance
- definition covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
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dabbler in CommonParlance
- definition an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
- definition any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
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dabbling duck in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
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dabchick in CommonParlance
- definition small European grebe
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dace in CommonParlance
- definition small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body