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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bartlett in CommonParlance
- definition juicy yellow pear
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bartlett pear in CommonParlance
- definition juicy yellow pear
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bartonia in CommonParlance
- definition annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers
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barunduki in CommonParlance
- definition terrestrial Siberian squirrel
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barycenter in CommonParlance
- definition (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
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barye in CommonParlance
- definition the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter
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baryon in CommonParlance
- definition any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
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baryon number in CommonParlance
- definition a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions
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baryta in CommonParlance
- definition any of several compounds of barium
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baryta water in CommonParlance
- definition an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
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baryta-water in CommonParlance
- definition an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
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barytes in CommonParlance
- definition a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium
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barytic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or containing baryta
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barytone in CommonParlance
- definition a male singer
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bas bleu in CommonParlance
- definition a woman having literary or intellectual interests
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bas mitzvah in CommonParlance
- definition (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility
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bas relief in CommonParlance
- definition a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
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basal in CommonParlance
- definition especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- definition of or being the essential or basic part
- definition serving as or forming a base
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basal body temperature in CommonParlance
- definition body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
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basal body temperature method in CommonParlance
- definition natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
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basal body temperature method of family planning in CommonParlance
- definition natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
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basal ganglion in CommonParlance
- definition any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
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basal metabolic rate in CommonParlance
- definition the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state
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basal metabolism in CommonParlance
- definition the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
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basal placentation in CommonParlance
- definition where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary