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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devil's darning needle in CommonParlance
- definition common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
- definition slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
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devil's fig in CommonParlance
- definition any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
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devil's flax in CommonParlance
- definition common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
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devil's food in CommonParlance
- definition very dark chocolate cake
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devil's food cake in CommonParlance
- definition very dark chocolate cake
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devil's milk in CommonParlance
- definition an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
- definition not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
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devil's tongue in CommonParlance
- definition foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
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devil's turnip in CommonParlance
- definition white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
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devil's urn in CommonParlance
- definition a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae that is dark brown on the outside with blackish areas and black on the inside, and which resembles a deep cup
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devil's walking stick in CommonParlance
- definition small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
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devil's weed in CommonParlance
- definition tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
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devil-may-care in CommonParlance
- definition cheerfully irresponsible
- definition marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
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devil-worship in CommonParlance
- definition the acts or rites of worshiping devils
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deviled egg in CommonParlance
- definition halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white
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devilfish in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
- definition bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
- definition extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
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devilise in CommonParlance
- definition turn into a devil or make devilish
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devilish in CommonParlance
- definition showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
- definition playful in an appealingly bold way
- definition in a playfully devilish manner
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devilishly in CommonParlance
- definition as a devil; in an evil manner
- definition in a playfully devilish manner
- definition (used as intensives) excessively
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devilishness in CommonParlance
- definition The property of resembling or being characteristic of a devil.
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devilize in CommonParlance
- definition turn into a devil or make devilish
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devilment in CommonParlance
- definition reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
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devilry in CommonParlance
- definition wicked and cruel behavior
- definition reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
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deviltry in CommonParlance
- definition wicked and cruel behavior
- definition reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
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devilwood in CommonParlance
- definition small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
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devious in CommonParlance
- definition indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
- definition characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
- definition deviating from a straight course