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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Actinidia polygama in CommonParlance
- definition ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings
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Actinomeris alternifolia in CommonParlance
- definition perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
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Actitis hypoleucos in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of sandpiper
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Actitis macularia in CommonParlance
- definition common North American sandpiper
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Activase in CommonParlance
- definition a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction
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Acular in CommonParlance
- definition nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly
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Adalia bipunctata in CommonParlance
- definition red ladybug with a black spot on each wing
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Adam in CommonParlance
- definition street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
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Adam's apple in CommonParlance
- definition tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
- definition the largest cartilage of the larynx
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Adam's needle in CommonParlance
- definition yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
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Adam's needle-and-thread in CommonParlance
- definition yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages
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Adams-Stokes syndrome in CommonParlance
- definition recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat
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Adansonia digitata in CommonParlance
- definition African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
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Adansonia gregorii in CommonParlance
- definition Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd
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Adapin in CommonParlance
- definition a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
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Adar in CommonParlance
- definition the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March)
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Adar Sheni in CommonParlance
- definition included seven times in every 19 years
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Addax nasomaculatus in CommonParlance
- definition large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
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Addison's disease in CommonParlance
- definition a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
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Addison's syndrome in CommonParlance
- definition a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
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Addressograph in CommonParlance
- definition a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing
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Adelges abietis in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of adelgid which is a pest of the Norway spruce and various North American spruces, especially the white spruce and black spruce (Adelges abietis)
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Adelges piceae in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of adelgid, or small wingless insects that infest and kill firs, especially Balsam Fir and Fraser Fir (Adelges piceae)
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Adelie in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
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Adelie penguin in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica