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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amputate in CommonParlance
- definition remove surgically
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amputation in CommonParlance
- definition a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
- definition a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
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amputator in CommonParlance
- definition a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
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amputee in CommonParlance
- definition someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
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amrinone in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
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amuck in CommonParlance
- definition wildly frenzied and out of control
- definition wildly; without self-control
- definition in a murderous frenzy
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amulet in CommonParlance
- definition a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
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amuse in CommonParlance
- definition occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- definition make (somebody) laugh
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amused in CommonParlance
- definition pleasantly occupied
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amusement in CommonParlance
- definition a feeling of delight at being entertained
- definition an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
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amusement arcade in CommonParlance
- definition an arcade featuring coin-operated game machines
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amusement park in CommonParlance
- definition a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
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amusing in CommonParlance
- definition providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
- definition arousing or provoking laughter
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amusingly in CommonParlance
- definition in an entertaining and amusing manner
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amusive in CommonParlance
- definition providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
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amygdala in CommonParlance
- definition an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior
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amygdaliform in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like an almond
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amygdalin in CommonParlance
- definition a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
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amygdaline in CommonParlance
- definition related to or resembling an almond
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amygdaloid in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like an almond
- definition volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
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amygdaloid nucleus in CommonParlance
- definition an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior
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amygdaloidal in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like an almond
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amygdalotomy in CommonParlance
- definition psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
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amyl in CommonParlance
- definition a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
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amyl alcohol in CommonParlance
- definition a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis