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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Bosin's disease in CommonParlance
- definition a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
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Boskop man in CommonParlance
- definition possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species
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Bosnian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia
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Bosnian-Herzegovinian monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition monetary unit in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Boston baked beans in CommonParlance
- definition dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork
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Boston brown bread in CommonParlance
- definition dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water
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Boston bull in CommonParlance
- definition small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings
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Boston cream pie in CommonParlance
- definition layer cake filled with custard
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Boston fern in CommonParlance
- definition a sword fern with arching or drooping pinnate fronds; a popular houseplant
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Boston ivy in CommonParlance
- definition Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries
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Boston lettuce in CommonParlance
- definition lettuce with relatively soft leaves
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Boston rocker in CommonParlance
- definition a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel
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Boston terrier in CommonParlance
- definition small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings
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Bostonian in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Boston
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Boswell in CommonParlance
- definition a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
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Boswellia carteri in CommonParlance
- definition tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
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Boswellia serrata in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
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Botany Bay fig in CommonParlance
- definition Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
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Botaurus lentiginosus in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of bittern, slightly smaller than the European bitter (Botaurus lentiginosus)
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Botaurus stellaris in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of bittern, also known as the great bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
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Bothrops atrops in CommonParlance
- definition large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
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Botox in CommonParlance
- definition a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily
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Botrychium lunaria in CommonParlance
- definition of America and Eurasia and Australia
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Botrychium matricariifolium in CommonParlance
- definition of North America and Eurasia
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Botrychium multifidum in CommonParlance
- definition European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds