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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alligator snapping turtle in CommonParlance
- definition large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States
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alligator weed in CommonParlance
- definition prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
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alligator wrench in CommonParlance
- definition a wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator)
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alligatored in CommonParlance
- definition of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
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alligatorfish in CommonParlance
- definition small very elongate sea poachers
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allis in CommonParlance
- definition European shad
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allis shad in CommonParlance
- definition European shad
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alliterate in CommonParlance
- definition use alliteration as a form of poetry
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alliteration in CommonParlance
- definition use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
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alliterative in CommonParlance
- definition having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
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alliteratively in CommonParlance
- definition in an alliterative manner
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alliterator in CommonParlance
- definition a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
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allmouth in CommonParlance
- definition fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
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alloantibody in CommonParlance
- definition an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species
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allocable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being distributed
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allocatable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being distributed
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allocate in CommonParlance
- definition distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
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allocation in CommonParlance
- definition a share set aside for a specific purpose
- definition the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- definition (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
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allocation unit in CommonParlance
- definition a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
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allocator in CommonParlance
- definition a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
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allochronic in CommonParlance
- definition (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times
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allochthonous in CommonParlance
- definition of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed
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allocution in CommonParlance
- definition (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
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allogamous in CommonParlance
- definition relating to cross-fertilization in plants
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allogamy in CommonParlance
- definition cross-fertilization in plants