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.
- Science Proposed
-
Bantoid language in CommonParlance
- definition a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
-
Bantu in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture
- definition a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
- definition a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
-
Bantu-speaking in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to people who speak Bantu
- definition able to communicate in Bantu
-
Baphia nitida in CommonParlance
- definition small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
-
Baptisia australis in CommonParlance
- definition wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers
-
Baptisia lactea in CommonParlance
- definition erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States
-
Baptisia tinctoria in CommonParlance
- definition much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida
-
Baptist in CommonParlance
- definition follower of Baptistic doctrines
-
Baptist Church in CommonParlance
- definition any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers
-
Baptist denomination in CommonParlance
- definition group of Baptist congregations
-
Baptistic in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church
-
Baptistic doctrine in CommonParlance
- definition any of various doctrines closely related to Anabaptism
-
Baptists in CommonParlance
- definition any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers
-
Barbadian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants
- definition a native or inhabitant of Barbados
-
Barbados dollar in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Barbados
-
Barbados gooseberry in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
- definition small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies
-
Barbados maidenhair in CommonParlance
- definition named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
-
Barbados pride in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
-
Barbados-gooseberry vine in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
-
Barbarea praecox in CommonParlance
- definition of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
-
Barbarea verna in CommonParlance
- definition of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
-
Barbarea vulgaris in CommonParlance
- definition noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
-
Barbary Coast in CommonParlance
- definition a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)
-
Barbary ape in CommonParlance
- definition tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar
-
Barbary pirate in CommonParlance
- definition a pirate along the Barbary Coast