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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Acer pseudoplatanus in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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Acer rubrum in CommonParlance
- definition maple of eastern and central America; five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn
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Acer saccharinum in CommonParlance
- definition a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood
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Acer saccharum in CommonParlance
- definition maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies
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Acer spicatum in CommonParlance
- definition small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn
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Achaean in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people
- definition a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken on the Greek mainland, Crete and Cyprus in the 16th to 12th centuries BC
- definition the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea
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Achaian in CommonParlance
- definition a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken on the Greek mainland, Crete and Cyprus in the 16th to 12th centuries BC
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Acheronian in CommonParlance
- definition dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
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Acherontia atropos in CommonParlance
- definition European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull
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Acherontic in CommonParlance
- definition dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
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Acheson process in CommonParlance
- definition an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay
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Acheta assimilis in CommonParlance
- definition common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
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Acheta domestica in CommonParlance
- definition lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
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Achillea millefolium in CommonParlance
- definition ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America
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Achillea ptarmica in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
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Achilles tendon in CommonParlance
- definition a large tendon that runs from the heel to the calf
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Achilles' heel in CommonParlance
- definition a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness
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Achoerodus gouldii in CommonParlance
- definition found around the Great Barrier Reef
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Achomawi in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California
- definition the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi
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Achomawi language in CommonParlance
- definition the Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi
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Achras zapota in CommonParlance
- definition large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
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Achromycin in CommonParlance
- definition an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections
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Acinonyx jubatus in CommonParlance
- definition long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
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Acinos arvensis in CommonParlance
- definition fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
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Acipenser huso in CommonParlance
- definition valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas