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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Balaeniceps rex in CommonParlance
- definition large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata in CommonParlance
- definition small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
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Balaenoptera borealis in CommonParlance
- definition similar to but smaller than the finback whale
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Balaenoptera musculus in CommonParlance
- definition largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of Southern Hemisphere
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Balaenoptera physalus in CommonParlance
- definition large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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Balance in CommonParlance
- definition (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
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Balanus balanoides in CommonParlance
- definition barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
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Baldwin in CommonParlance
- definition an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin
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Balinese in CommonParlance
- definition the Indonesian language of the people of Bali
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Balinese language in CommonParlance
- definition the Indonesian language of the people of Bali
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Balistes vetula in CommonParlance
- definition tropical Atlantic fish
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Balkan in CommonParlance
- definition an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
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Balkan country in CommonParlance
- definition any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
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Balkan nation in CommonParlance
- definition any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
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Balkan state in CommonParlance
- definition any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
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Balkanise in CommonParlance
- definition divide a territory into small, hostile states
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Balkanize in CommonParlance
- definition divide a territory into small, hostile states
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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in CommonParlance
- definition an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality
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Ballistite in CommonParlance
- definition an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant
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Ballota nigra in CommonParlance
- definition ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
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Balmoral in CommonParlance
- definition a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side
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Balochi in CommonParlance
- definition an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf
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Balochi language in CommonParlance
- definition an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf
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Baltic in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
- definition of or near or on the Baltic Sea
- definition a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
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Baltic language in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European