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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aperea in CommonParlance
- definition South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig
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aperient in CommonParlance
- definition mildly laxative
- definition a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
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aperiodic in CommonParlance
- definition not recurring at regular intervals
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aperitif in CommonParlance
- definition alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
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aperture in CommonParlance
- definition a device that controls amount of light admitted
- definition a natural opening in something
- definition an man-made opening; usually small
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apery in CommonParlance
- definition the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
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apetalous in CommonParlance
- definition (of flowers) having no petals
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apetalous flower in CommonParlance
- definition flower having no petals
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apex in CommonParlance
- definition the highest point (of something)
- definition the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
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apex of the sun's way in CommonParlance
- definition the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
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aphaeresis in CommonParlance
- definition (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in ‘coon’ for ‘raccoon’ or ‘till’ for ‘until’
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aphaeretic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis
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aphagia in CommonParlance
- definition loss of the ability to swallow
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aphakia in CommonParlance
- definition absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)
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aphakic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia
- definition someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes
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aphanite in CommonParlance
- definition fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
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aphanitic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to aphanite
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aphasia in CommonParlance
- definition inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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aphasic in CommonParlance
- definition related to or affected by aphasia
- definition unable to speak because of a brain lesion
- definition someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language
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aphelion in CommonParlance
- definition apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
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apheresis in CommonParlance
- definition (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in ‘coon’ for ‘raccoon’ or ‘till’ for ‘until’
- definition a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
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apheretic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis
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aphesis in CommonParlance
- definition the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in ‘squire’ for ‘esquire’
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aphetic in CommonParlance
- definition produced by aphesis
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aphid in CommonParlance
- definition any of various small plant-sucking insects