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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biker in CommonParlance
- definition a person who rides a bicycle
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bikers in CommonParlance
- definition originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
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bikini in CommonParlance
- definition a woman's very brief bathing suit
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bikini pants in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) small and tight-fitting underpants; worn by women
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bilabial in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips
- definition a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/
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bilabiate in CommonParlance
- definition having two lips
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bilateral in CommonParlance
- definition having identical parts on each side of an axis
- definition affecting or undertaken by two parties
- definition having two sides or parts
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bilateral contract in CommonParlance
- definition a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee)
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bilateral descent in CommonParlance
- definition line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
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bilateral symmetry in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane
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bilateralism in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane
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bilaterality in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane
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bilaterally in CommonParlance
- definition with the involvement of two parties or governments
- definition so as to involve two sides or parts
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bilaterally symmetric in CommonParlance
- definition having identical parts on each side of an axis
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bilaterally symmetrical in CommonParlance
- definition capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis
- definition having identical parts on each side of an axis
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bilberry in CommonParlance
- definition erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- definition erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
- definition blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
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bilby in CommonParlance
- definition bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
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bile in CommonParlance
- definition a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
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bile acid in CommonParlance
- definition any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile
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bile duct in CommonParlance
- definition a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
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bile salt in CommonParlance
- definition a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
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bilestone in CommonParlance
- definition a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts
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bilevel car in CommonParlance
- definition a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity.
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bilevel rail car in CommonParlance
- definition a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity.
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bilevel railcar in CommonParlance
- definition a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity.