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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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aptness in CommonParlance
- definition a disposition to behave in a certain way
- definition appropriateness for the occasion
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apyretic tetanus in CommonParlance
- definition clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
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aqua in CommonParlance
- definition a shade of blue tinged with green
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aqua fortis in CommonParlance
- definition acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
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aqua regia in CommonParlance
- definition a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
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aqua vitae in CommonParlance
- definition strong distilled liquor or brandy
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aquacultural in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to aquiculture
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aquaculture in CommonParlance
- definition rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
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aqualung in CommonParlance
- definition a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
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aquamarine in CommonParlance
- definition a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
- definition a shade of blue tinged with green
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aquanaut in CommonParlance
- definition an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder
- definition a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
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aquaphobia in CommonParlance
- definition a morbid fear of drowning
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aquaphobic in CommonParlance
- definition abnormally afraid of water
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aquaplane in CommonParlance
- definition a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water
- definition rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road
- definition ride on an aquaplane
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aquarium in CommonParlance
- definition a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
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aquatic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or consisting of or being in water
- definition operating or living or growing in water
- definition a plant that lives in or on water
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aquatic bird in CommonParlance
- definition wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
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aquatic fern in CommonParlance
- definition ferns that grow in water
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aquatic mammal in CommonParlance
- definition whales and dolphins, manatees and dugongs, walruses, seals
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aquatic plant in CommonParlance
- definition a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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aquatic vertebrate in CommonParlance
- definition animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
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aquatics in CommonParlance
- definition sports that involve bodies of water
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aquatint in CommonParlance
- definition an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
- definition a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
- definition etch in aquatint
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aquavit in CommonParlance
- definition Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
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aqueduct in CommonParlance
- definition a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley