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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bell-shaped curve in CommonParlance
- definition a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution
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bell-type annealing furnace in CommonParlance
- definition a furnace used for removing the strain hardening in the steel strip as an alternative to continuous annealing.
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bell-type furnace in CommonParlance
- definition a furnace used for removing the strain hardening in the steel strip as an alternative to continuous annealing.
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bella sombra in CommonParlance
- definition fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
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belladonna in CommonParlance
- definition perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
- definition an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally
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belladonna lily in CommonParlance
- definition amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
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belladonna plant in CommonParlance
- definition perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
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bellarmine in CommonParlance
- definition a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
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bellbird in CommonParlance
- definition any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
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bellbottom in CommonParlance
- definition (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom
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bellbottom pants in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s
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bellbottom trousers in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s
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bellboy in CommonParlance
- definition a man employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
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belle in CommonParlance
- definition a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
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belle de nuit in CommonParlance
- definition pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers
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belles lettres in CommonParlance
- definition creative writing valued for esthetic content
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belles-lettres in CommonParlance
- definition creative writing valued for esthetic content
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belletristic in CommonParlance
- definition written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content
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bellflower in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
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bellgirl in CommonParlance
- definition a woman employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
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bellhop in CommonParlance
- definition someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
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bellicose in CommonParlance
- definition having or showing a ready disposition to fight
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bellicoseness in CommonParlance
- definition a natural disposition to fight
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bellicosity in CommonParlance
- definition a natural disposition to fight
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bellied in CommonParlance
- definition having a belly
- definition curving outward