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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alderperson in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
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alderwoman in CommonParlance
- definition a female member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
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aldohexose in CommonParlance
- definition a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group
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aldol in CommonParlance
- definition an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
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aldol reaction in CommonParlance
- definition a reaction of aldehydes resulting in an aldol
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aldose in CommonParlance
- definition a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal
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aldosterone in CommonParlance
- definition a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance
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aldosteronism in CommonParlance
- definition a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone
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aldotetrose in CommonParlance
- definition A four-carbon aldose; for example, threose, erythrose.
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aldotriose in CommonParlance
- definition Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
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ale in CommonParlance
- definition a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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ale drinker in CommonParlance
- definition someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale
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aleatoric music in CommonParlance
- definition 20th-century music in which chance or indeterminate elements are left for the performer to realize.
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aleatory in CommonParlance
- definition dependent on chance
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aleatory contract in CommonParlance
- definition a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable)
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aleatory music in CommonParlance
- definition 20th-century music in which chance or indeterminate elements are left for the performer to realize.
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alecost in CommonParlance
- definition tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
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alee in CommonParlance
- definition on or toward the lee
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alehoof in CommonParlance
- definition trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
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alehouse in CommonParlance
- definition a tavern where ale is sold
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alembic in CommonParlance
- definition an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
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alendronate in CommonParlance
- definition a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause
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aleph in CommonParlance
- definition the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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aleph-nought in CommonParlance
- definition the smallest infinite integer
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aleph-null in CommonParlance
- definition the smallest infinite integer