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.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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Bletilla striata in CommonParlance
- definition Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
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Bleu Vegetal Pour Les Veines in CommonParlance
- definition a blue-colored cosmetic used from ancient times to twentieth century to draw blue lines on the skin on the temples and below neck, meant to imitate blue veins and thus emphasize pale complexion.
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Blighia sapida in CommonParlance
- definition widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh
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Blimp in CommonParlance
- definition any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
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Blissus leucopterus in CommonParlance
- definition small black-and-white insect that feeds on cereal grasses
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Blocadren in CommonParlance
- definition a beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks
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Bloody Mary in CommonParlance
- definition a cocktail made with vodka and spicy tomato juice
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Bloomeria crocea in CommonParlance
- definition California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
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Bloomsbury Group in CommonParlance
- definition an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles
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Blucher in CommonParlance
- definition Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
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Blue Mountain tea in CommonParlance
- definition goldenrod of eastern America having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made
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Bluegrass Stater in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Kentucky
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BoP in CommonParlance
- definition the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
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Board of Trade unit 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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Bocconia frutescens in CommonParlance
- definition small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
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Boche in CommonParlance
- definition offensive term for a person of German descent
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Bodo-Garo in CommonParlance
- definition Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India
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Bodo-Garo language in CommonParlance
- definition Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India
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Bodoni in CommonParlance
- definition a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
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Bodoni font in CommonParlance
- definition a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
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Boehm flute in CommonParlance
- definition The Western concert flute (also called transverse flute, C flute or Boehm flute) is a side-blown woodwind instrument made of metal or wood.
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Boehmenism in CommonParlance
- definition the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers
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Boehmeria nivea in CommonParlance
- definition tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
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Boeotian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times
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Boer in CommonParlance
- definition a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans