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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Bisayan in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
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Biscutella laevigata in CommonParlance
- definition plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers
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Bishop of Rome in CommonParlance
- definition the head of the Roman Catholic Church
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Bismarckian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Prince Otto von Bismarck or his accomplishments
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Bison bison in CommonParlance
- definition large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
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Bison bonasus in CommonParlance
- definition European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison
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Bissau-Guinean franc in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
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Bitis arietans in CommonParlance
- definition large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
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Bitis gabonica in CommonParlance
- definition large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
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Biu-Mandara in CommonParlance
- definition a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad
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Bk in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium
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Black in CommonParlance
- definition a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today
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Black African in CommonParlance
- definition an African who is Black
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Black American in CommonParlance
- definition an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
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Black Death in CommonParlance
- definition the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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Black English in CommonParlance
- definition a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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Black English Vernacular in CommonParlance
- definition a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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Black Friar in CommonParlance
- definition a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
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Black Hand in CommonParlance
- definition a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century
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Black Maria in CommonParlance
- definition a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
- definition van used by police to transport prisoners
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Black Muslim in CommonParlance
- definition an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam
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Black Panther in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Black Panthers political party
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Black Panthers in CommonParlance
- definition a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites
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Black Plague in CommonParlance
- definition the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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Black Tai in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in the north, along Red and Black rivers, Son La, Dien Bien, Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, and Phu Tho provinces, south, Lam Dong Province, Tung Nghia, Dac Lak Province, Tho Thanh, Gia Lai Province, Pleiku