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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arere in CommonParlance
- definition large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
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arete in CommonParlance
- definition a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
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arethusa in CommonParlance
- definition any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
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argal in CommonParlance
- definition wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia
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argali in CommonParlance
- definition wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia
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argasid in CommonParlance
- definition tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
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argemone in CommonParlance
- definition any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
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argent in CommonParlance
- definition of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
- definition a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance
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argentic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent
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argentiferous in CommonParlance
- definition containing or yielding silver
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argentine in CommonParlance
- definition any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
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argentinosaur in CommonParlance
- definition huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina
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argentite in CommonParlance
- definition a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S)
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argentous in CommonParlance
- definition relating to compounds in which silver is univalent
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argil in CommonParlance
- definition a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters)
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argillaceous in CommonParlance
- definition resembling or containing clay
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argillaceous rock in CommonParlance
- definition a sedimentary rock formed from clay deposits
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argillite in CommonParlance
- definition a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
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arginine in CommonParlance
- definition a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa
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argle-bargle in CommonParlance
- definition a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument
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argon in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
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argonaut in CommonParlance
- definition someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
- definition cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
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argonon in CommonParlance
- definition any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table
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argosy in CommonParlance
- definition one or more large merchant ships
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argot in CommonParlance
- definition a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)