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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aliquot in CommonParlance
- definition signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity
- definition an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity
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aliquot part in CommonParlance
- definition an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity
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aliterate in CommonParlance
- definition a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
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aliterate person in CommonParlance
- definition a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
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alive in CommonParlance
- definition possessing life
- definition (often followed by ‘with’) full of life and spirit
- definition having life or vigor or spirit
- definition (followed by ‘to’ or ‘of’) aware of
- definition in operation
- definition mentally perceptive and responsive
- definition capable of erupting
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aliveness in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of living or the state of being alive
- definition the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
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aliyah in CommonParlance
- definition (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah
- definition (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
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alizarin in CommonParlance
- definition an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
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alizarin carmine in CommonParlance
- definition any of various acid dyes; used for dyeing wool scarlet red
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alizarin crimson in CommonParlance
- definition any of various acid dyes; used for dyeing wool scarlet red
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alizarin red in CommonParlance
- definition any of various acid dyes; used for dyeing wool scarlet red
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alizarin yellow in CommonParlance
- definition any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner
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alizarine in CommonParlance
- definition an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
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alizarine red in CommonParlance
- definition a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye
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alkahest in CommonParlance
- definition hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
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alkahestic in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist
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alkalemia in CommonParlance
- definition a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale)
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alkalescent in CommonParlance
- definition tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline
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alkali in CommonParlance
- definition any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- definition a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
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alkali bee in CommonParlance
- definition a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States
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alkali grass in CommonParlance
- definition plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
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alkali metal in CommonParlance
- definition any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)
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alkali poisoning in CommonParlance
- definition poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia)
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alkalic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
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alkalify in CommonParlance
- definition turn basic and less acidic