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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bent hang in CommonParlance
- definition a hang performed with the elbows bent
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bent on in CommonParlance
- definition fixed in your purpose
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bent-grass in CommonParlance
- definition grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
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benthal in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water
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benthic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water
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benthic division in CommonParlance
- definition a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
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benthonic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water
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benthonic zone in CommonParlance
- definition a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
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benthos in CommonParlance
- definition a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
- definition organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream
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bentonite in CommonParlance
- definition an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash
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bentonitic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or containing bentonite
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bentwood in CommonParlance
- definition wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture
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benumb in CommonParlance
- definition make numb or insensitive
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benumbed in CommonParlance
- definition lacking sensation
- definition having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
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benweed in CommonParlance
- definition widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
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benzene in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
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benzene formula in CommonParlance
- definition a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached
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benzene nucleus in CommonParlance
- definition a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached
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benzene ring in CommonParlance
- definition a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached
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benzenoid in CommonParlance
- definition similar to benzene in structure or linkage
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benzine in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
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benzoate in CommonParlance
- definition any salt or ester of benzoic acid
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benzoate of soda in CommonParlance
- definition a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic
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benzocaine in CommonParlance
- definition a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
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benzodiazepine in CommonParlance
- definition any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency