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
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Terms in this context
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Botrychium virginianum in CommonParlance
- definition American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
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Botswana monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition monetary unit in Botswana
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Botswanan in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to Botswana or the people of Botswana
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Bougainvillea glabra in CommonParlance
- definition Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously
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Bourbon in CommonParlance
- definition a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
- definition a member of the European royal family that ruled France
- definition a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
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Bourbon dynasty in CommonParlance
- definition a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
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Bouteloua eriopoda in CommonParlance
- definition a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America)
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Bouteloua gracilis in CommonParlance
- definition a pasture grass of western North America
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Bouvier des Flandres in CommonParlance
- definition rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle
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Bouviers des Flandres in CommonParlance
- definition rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle
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Bouyei in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in South and southwest Guizhou Province, Guizhou-Yunnan plateau, mainly Buyi-Miao and Miao-Dong autonomous prefectures, Zhenning and Guanling counties; Yunnan Province, Luoping county, Sichuan Province, Ningnan and Huidong counties
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Bovril in CommonParlance
- definition an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
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Bowdlerism in CommonParlance
- definition censorship in the form of prudish expurgation
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Bowie knife in CommonParlance
- definition a stout hunting knife with a single edge
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Bowiea volubilis in CommonParlance
- definition much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs
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Bowman's capsule in CommonParlance
- definition thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
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Boxer in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
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Boxing Day in CommonParlance
- definition first weekday after Christmas
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Boy Scout in CommonParlance
- definition a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
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Boy Scouts in CommonParlance
- definition an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys
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Boy Scouts of America in CommonParlance
- definition a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training
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Boykinia elata in CommonParlance
- definition plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
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Boykinia occidentalis in CommonParlance
- definition plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
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Boyle's law in CommonParlance
- definition the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume
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Br in CommonParlance
- definition a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water