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.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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Barbary sheep in CommonParlance
- definition wild sheep of northern Africa
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Barberton daisy in CommonParlance
- definition widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays
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Barish in CommonParlance
- definition Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India
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Barish language in CommonParlance
- definition Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India
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Barnaby's thistle in CommonParlance
- definition European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
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Baroque in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
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Barrow's goldeneye in CommonParlance
- definition North American goldeneye diving duck
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Bart in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
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Bartholin's gland in CommonParlance
- definition either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper's gland in the male
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Bartram juneberry in CommonParlance
- definition open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits
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Bartramia longicauda in CommonParlance
- definition large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
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Bartramian sandpiper in CommonParlance
- definition large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
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Basic English in CommonParlance
- definition a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
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Basket Maker in CommonParlance
- definition early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
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Basotho in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho
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Basque in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
- definition the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
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Basque language in CommonParlance
- definition the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
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Bassariscus astutus in CommonParlance
- definition raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
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Bassia scoparia in CommonParlance
- definition densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
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Bastille Day in CommonParlance
- definition a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
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Basuto in CommonParlance
- definition any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho
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Bata in CommonParlance
- definition a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad, especially in the Adamawa State, Yola North, Gombi, Song and Fufore LGAs
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Bata language in CommonParlance
- definition a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad, especially in the Adamawa State, Yola North, Gombi, Song and Fufore LGAs
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Batis maritima in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
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Batswana in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa