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
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Terms in this context
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amyl nitrite in CommonParlance
- definition a vasodilator that is sometimes used to treat angina pectoris
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amylaceous in CommonParlance
- definition resembling starch
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amylase in CommonParlance
- definition any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
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amyloid in CommonParlance
- definition resembling starch
- definition a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
- definition (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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amyloid plaque in CommonParlance
- definition a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
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amyloid protein plaque in CommonParlance
- definition a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
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amyloidal in CommonParlance
- definition resembling starch
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amyloidosis in CommonParlance
- definition a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
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amylolysis in CommonParlance
- definition conversion of starch to sugar
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amylolytic in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to the process of amylolysis
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amylum in CommonParlance
- definition a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
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amyotonia in CommonParlance
- definition lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
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amyotrophia in CommonParlance
- definition progressive wasting of muscle tissues
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in CommonParlance
- definition thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
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amyotrophy in CommonParlance
- definition progressive wasting of muscle tissues
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amyxia in CommonParlance
- definition a condition in which no mucus in produced
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ana in CommonParlance
- definition a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
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anabatic in CommonParlance
- definition of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope
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anabiosis in CommonParlance
- definition suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns
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anabiotic in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to the state of anabiosis
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anabolic in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
- definition characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
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anabolic steroid in CommonParlance
- definition any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth; more than 100 have been developed and each requires a prescription to be used legally in the United States; sometimes used illicitly by athletes to increase their strength
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anabolism in CommonParlance
- definition the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
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anachronic in CommonParlance
- definition chronologically misplaced
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anachronism in CommonParlance
- definition something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
- definition an artifact that belongs to another time
- definition a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age