CommonParlance
Seed
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.
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adze in CommonParlance
- definition an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
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adzuki bean in CommonParlance
- definition bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
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aecial in CommonParlance
- definition of or belonging to an aecium
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aeciospore in CommonParlance
- definition spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
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aecium in CommonParlance
- definition fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
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aegir in CommonParlance
- definition a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
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aegis in CommonParlance
- definition kindly endorsement and guidance
- definition armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
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aeolian harp in CommonParlance
- definition a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
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aeolian lyre in CommonParlance
- definition a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
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aeolotropic in CommonParlance
- definition having properties with different values along different axes
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aeon in CommonParlance
- definition (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
- definition the longest division of geological time
- definition an immeasurably long period of time
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aeonian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era)
- definition continuing forever or indefinitely
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aepyornis in CommonParlance
- definition huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
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aerate in CommonParlance
- definition expose to fresh air
- definition aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
- definition impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
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aerated in CommonParlance
- definition (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
- definition supplied with carbon dioxide
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aeration in CommonParlance
- definition the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
- definition the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent
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aerator in CommonParlance
- definition an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
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aerial in CommonParlance
- definition existing or living or growing or operating in the air
- definition characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- definition a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- definition an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
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aerial ladder in CommonParlance
- definition mechanically extendible ladder; used on a fire truck
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aerial ladder truck in CommonParlance
- definition a fire engine carrying ladders
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aerial mosaic in CommonParlance
- definition arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
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aerial torpedo in CommonParlance
- definition a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane
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aerial tramway in CommonParlance
- definition a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
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aerialist in CommonParlance
- definition an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)
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aerially in CommonParlance
- definition by means of aircraft