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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.

Propose an assessment

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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  • bitter vetch in CommonParlance
  • bitter-bark in CommonParlance
    • definition ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
  • bittercress 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
  • bitterish in CommonParlance
  • bitterly in CommonParlance
  • bittern in CommonParlance
    • definition relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
  • bitterness in CommonParlance
    • definition a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
    • definition a rough and bitter manner
    • definition the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
    • definition the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
  • bitternut in CommonParlance
    • definition hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
  • bitternut hickory in CommonParlance
    • definition hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts
  • bitterroot in CommonParlance
    • definition showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
  • bitters in CommonParlance
    • definition alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
  • bittersweet in CommonParlance
    • definition tinged with sadness
    • definition having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
    • definition poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
    • definition twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
  • bittersweet chocolate in CommonParlance
    • definition chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
  • bittersweet nightshade in CommonParlance
    • definition poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
  • bitterweed in CommonParlance
    • definition widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
    • definition any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
  • bitterwood in CommonParlance
    • definition handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
    • definition West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
    • definition medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
  • bitterwood tree in CommonParlance
    • definition any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
  • bitthead in CommonParlance
  • bittie in CommonParlance
  • bitty in CommonParlance
  • bitumastic in CommonParlance
    • definition a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering
  • bitumen in CommonParlance
    • definition any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
  • bitumenoid in CommonParlance
  • bituminise in CommonParlance
  • bituminize in CommonParlance