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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beacon fire in CommonParlance
- definition a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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beacon light in CommonParlance
- definition a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
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bead in CommonParlance
- definition a small ball with a hole through the middle
- definition a shape that is spherical and small
- definition a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
- definition form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
- definition decorate by sewing beads onto
- definition string together like beads
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bead and quirk in CommonParlance
- definition beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates
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bead fern in CommonParlance
- definition beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
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bead tree in CommonParlance
- definition small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
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beaded in CommonParlance
- definition covered with beads of liquid
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beaded lizard in CommonParlance
- definition lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
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beading in CommonParlance
- definition ornamentation with beads
- definition a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
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beading plane in CommonParlance
- definition a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork
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beadle in CommonParlance
- definition a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
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beadlike in CommonParlance
- definition small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
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beads in CommonParlance
- definition several beads threaded together on a string
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beadsman in CommonParlance
- definition a male person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
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beadswoman in CommonParlance
- definition a female person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
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beadwork in CommonParlance
- definition ornamentation with beads
- definition a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
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beady in CommonParlance
- definition small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
- definition covered with beads or jewels or sequins
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beady-eyed in CommonParlance
- definition having eyes that gleam with malice
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beagle in CommonParlance
- definition a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
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beagling in CommonParlance
- definition hunting rabbits with beagles
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beak in CommonParlance
- definition beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- definition horny projecting mouth of a bird
- definition a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
- definition informal terms for the nose
- definition hit lightly with a picking motion
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beaked in CommonParlance
- definition having or resembling a beak
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beaked hazelnut in CommonParlance
- definition hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts
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beaked parsley in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads
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beaked salmon in CommonParlance
- definition fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand