CommonParlance
Seed
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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beaked whale in CommonParlance
- definition any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
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beaker in CommonParlance
- definition a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry
- definition a cup (usually without a handle)
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beakless in CommonParlance
- definition not having a beak or bill
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beaklike in CommonParlance
- definition resembling the beak of a bird
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beam in CommonParlance
- definition a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- definition long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- definition a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- definition a column of light (as from a beacon)
- definition (nautical) breadth amidships
- definition the broad side of a ship
- definition a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- definition smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- definition emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- definition express with a beaming face or smile
- definition broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- definition have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- definition experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
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beam balance in CommonParlance
- definition a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm
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beam of light in CommonParlance
- definition a column of light (as from a beacon)
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beam scale in CommonParlance
- definition a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
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beam-ends in CommonParlance
- definition (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel
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beaming in CommonParlance
- definition cheerful and bright
- definition pleased and proud
- definition radiating or as if radiating light
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beamish in CommonParlance
- definition smiling with happiness or optimism
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beamy in CommonParlance
- definition broad in the beam
- definition radiating or as if radiating light
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bean in CommonParlance
- definition any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
- definition any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
- definition any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
- definition informal terms for a human head
- definition hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
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bean aphid in CommonParlance
- definition blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
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bean beetle in CommonParlance
- definition introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
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bean blight in CommonParlance
- definition a blight of bean plants
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bean caper in CommonParlance
- definition perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
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bean counter in CommonParlance
- definition an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
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bean curd in CommonParlance
- definition cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
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bean dip in CommonParlance
- definition a dip made of cooked beans
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bean plant in CommonParlance
- definition any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
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bean sprout in CommonParlance
- definition any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
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bean tostada in CommonParlance
- definition a flat tortilla topped with refried beans
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bean tree in CommonParlance
- definition any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
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bean trefoil in CommonParlance
- definition shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed