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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Bromus tectorum in CommonParlance
- definition annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
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Bronx cheer in CommonParlance
- definition a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
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Bronze Star in CommonParlance
- definition a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight)
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Bronze Star Medal in CommonParlance
- definition a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight)
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Brosme brosme in CommonParlance
- definition large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
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Brother in CommonParlance
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
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Broussonetia papyrifera in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red aggregate berries
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Brown Swiss in CommonParlance
- definition large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland
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Brownian motion in CommonParlance
- definition the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
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Brownian movement in CommonParlance
- definition the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
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Brownie in CommonParlance
- definition a junior Girl Scout
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Browning automatic rifle in CommonParlance
- definition a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
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Browning machine gun in CommonParlance
- definition a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
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Brownshirt in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
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Brucella in CommonParlance
- definition an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
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Bruchus pisorum in CommonParlance
- definition larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
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Bruckenthalia spiculifolia in CommonParlance
- definition small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
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Brugmansia arborea in CommonParlance
- definition a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
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Brugmansia sanguinea in CommonParlance
- definition arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers
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Brugmansia suaveolens in CommonParlance
- definition South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
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Brule in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux, who now live on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota and the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, on the west bank of the Missouri River in central South Dakota
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Brumaire in CommonParlance
- definition second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist
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Brummagem in CommonParlance
- definition cheap and showy
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Brummie in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Birmingham, England
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Brummy in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Birmingham, England