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.
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azygous in CommonParlance
- definition occurring singly; not one of a pair
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azygous vein in CommonParlance
- definition one of a system of veins that drain the thoracic and abdominal walls; arises as a continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein and terminates in the superior vena cava
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azymia in CommonParlance
- definition absence of an enzyme
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B in CommonParlance
- definition aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
- definition originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
- definition a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
- definition a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
- definition the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
- definition the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
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B battery in CommonParlance
- definition battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
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B cell in CommonParlance
- definition a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens
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B complex in CommonParlance
- definition originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
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B lymphocyte in CommonParlance
- definition a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens
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B vitamin in CommonParlance
- definition originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
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B-complex vitamin in CommonParlance
- definition originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
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B-flat clarinet in CommonParlance
- definition the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
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B-girl in CommonParlance
- definition a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
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B-scan ultrasonography in CommonParlance
- definition the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
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B.C. in CommonParlance
- definition before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born
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B.C.E. in CommonParlance
- definition of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians
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B.O. in CommonParlance
- definition malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
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B.T.U. in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
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B.Th.U. in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
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B0 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 1000 x 1414 mm
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B1 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 707 x 1000 mm
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B2 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 500 x 707 mm
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B3 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 353 x 500 mm
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B4 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 250 x 353 mm
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B5 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 176 x 250 mm.
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B6 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 125 x 176 mm.