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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bituminoid in CommonParlance
- definition like bitumen
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bituminous in CommonParlance
- definition resembling or containing bitumen
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bituminous coal in CommonParlance
- definition rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame
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bivalent in CommonParlance
- definition having a valence of two or having two valences
- definition used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
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bivalve in CommonParlance
- definition used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
- definition marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
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bivalved in CommonParlance
- definition used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
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bivariate in CommonParlance
- definition having two variables
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bivouac in CommonParlance
- definition temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- definition a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- definition live in or as if in a tent
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bivouacking in CommonParlance
- definition the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
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biweekly in CommonParlance
- definition occurring every two weeks
- definition occurring twice a week
- definition a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)
- definition twice a week
- definition every two weeks
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biyearly in CommonParlance
- definition occurring every second year
- definition occurring or payable twice each year
- definition every two years
- definition twice a year
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biz in CommonParlance
- definition your occupation or line of work
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bizarre in CommonParlance
- definition conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
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bizarreness in CommonParlance
- definition strikingly out of the ordinary
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bize in CommonParlance
- definition a dry cold north wind in southeastern France
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bizonal in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones
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blab in CommonParlance
- definition divulge confidential information or secrets
- definition speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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blab out in CommonParlance
- definition divulge confidential information or secrets
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blabber in CommonParlance
- definition one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- definition speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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blabbermouth in CommonParlance
- definition someone who gossips indiscreetly
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blabbermouthed in CommonParlance
- definition unwisely talking too much
- definition prone to communicate confidential information
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blabby in CommonParlance
- definition unwisely talking too much
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black in CommonParlance
- definition being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- definition of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- definition marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- definition offering little or no hope
- definition stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- definition (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- definition (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- definition extremely dark
- definition harshly ironic or sinister
- definition (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- definition distributed or sold illicitly
- definition (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- definition (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- definition soiled with dirt or soot
- definition the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- definition total absence of light
- definition (board games) the darker pieces
- definition black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- definition make or become black
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black Angus in CommonParlance
- definition black hornless breed from Scotland
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black Hollander in CommonParlance
- definition Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry