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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bits per inch in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
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bits per second in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
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bitstock in CommonParlance
- definition a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
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bitt in CommonParlance
- definition a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
- definition secure with a bitt
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bitt pin in CommonParlance
- definition a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off
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bitter in CommonParlance
- definition marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- definition very difficult to accept or bear
- definition harsh or corrosive in tone
- definition expressive of severe grief or regret
- definition proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- definition causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- definition causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- definition English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- definition the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- definition the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- definition extremely and sharply
- definition make bitter
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bitter almond in CommonParlance
- definition almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes
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bitter almond oil in CommonParlance
- definition pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal
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bitter aloes in CommonParlance
- definition a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
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bitter cassava in CommonParlance
- definition cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
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bitter chocolate in CommonParlance
- definition pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy
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bitter cress in CommonParlance
- definition any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
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bitter dock in CommonParlance
- definition European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America
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bitter end in CommonParlance
- definition the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be)
- definition (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
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bitter floom in CommonParlance
- definition any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
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bitter hickory in CommonParlance
- definition hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
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bitter lemon in CommonParlance
- definition tart lemon-flavored carbonated drink
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bitter orange in CommonParlance
- definition any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
- definition highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade
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bitter orange tree in CommonParlance
- definition any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
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bitter pea in CommonParlance
- definition any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia
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bitter pecan in CommonParlance
- definition hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts
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bitter pignut in CommonParlance
- definition hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
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bitter principle in CommonParlance
- definition any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification
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bitter salts in CommonParlance
- definition hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures
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bitter spar in CommonParlance
- definition a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer