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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birthday suit in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for nakedness
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birthing in CommonParlance
- definition the process of giving birth
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birthing coach in CommonParlance
- definition an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
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birthmark in CommonParlance
- definition a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
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birthplace in CommonParlance
- definition the place where someone was born
- definition where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
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birthrate in CommonParlance
- definition the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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birthright in CommonParlance
- definition a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth
- definition an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
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birthroot in CommonParlance
- definition trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
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birthwort in CommonParlance
- definition creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
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biryani in CommonParlance
- definition an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables
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biscuit in CommonParlance
- definition small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- definition any of various small flat sweet cakes
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bise in CommonParlance
- definition a dry cold north wind in southeastern France
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bisect in CommonParlance
- definition cut in half or cut in two
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bisection in CommonParlance
- definition dividing into two equal parts
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bisectional in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to bisection
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biserial correlation in CommonParlance
- definition a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
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biserial correlation coefficient in CommonParlance
- definition a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
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biserrate in CommonParlance
- definition having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched
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bisexual in CommonParlance
- definition sexually attracted to both sexes
- definition having an ambiguous sexual identity
- definition a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
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bisexual person in CommonParlance
- definition a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
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bisexuality in CommonParlance
- definition showing characteristics of both sexes
- definition sexual activity with both men and women
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bishop in CommonParlance
- definition a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- definition port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
- definition (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
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bishop pine in CommonParlance
- definition two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast
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bishop's cap in CommonParlance
- definition any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
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bishop's hat in CommonParlance
- definition slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover