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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Aldomet in CommonParlance
- definition antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure
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Aldrovanda vesiculosa in CommonParlance
- definition floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
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Alectis ciliaris in CommonParlance
- definition fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
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Alectoris graeca in CommonParlance
- definition of mountainous areas of southern Europe
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Alectoris ruffa in CommonParlance
- definition common western European partridge with red legs
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Alectura lathami in CommonParlance
- definition black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
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Aleppo boil in CommonParlance
- definition leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
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Aleppo grass in CommonParlance
- definition tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land
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Aletris aurea in CommonParlance
- definition colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
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Aletris farinosa in CommonParlance
- definition colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
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Aleuria aurantia in CommonParlance
- definition a discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors
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Aleurites fordii in CommonParlance
- definition Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
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Aleurites moluccana in CommonParlance
- definition large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
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Aleut in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
- definition a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
- definition the language spoken by the Aleut
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Aleut language in CommonParlance
- definition the language spoken by the Aleut
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Aleutian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the Aleut or their language or culture
- definition a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
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Aleve in CommonParlance
- definition a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
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Alexandria senna in CommonParlance
- definition erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Alexandrian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire
- definition a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)
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Alexandrian laurel in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia
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Alexandrian senna in CommonParlance
- definition erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Alexandrine in CommonParlance
- definition (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
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Algerian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants
- definition a native or inhabitant of Algeria
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Algerian centime in CommonParlance
- definition 100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria
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Algerian dinar in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Algeria