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
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Terms in this context
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black locust in CommonParlance
- definition strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
- definition large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
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black lotion in CommonParlance
- definition a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
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black lovage in CommonParlance
- definition European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
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black lung in CommonParlance
- definition lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
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black lung disease in CommonParlance
- definition lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
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black magic in CommonParlance
- definition the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
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black maire in CommonParlance
- definition northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood
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black mallee in CommonParlance
- definition a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
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black mamba in CommonParlance
- definition a venomous snake from southern Africa noted for the black interior of its mouth
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black mangrove in CommonParlance
- definition an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida
- definition a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground
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black margate in CommonParlance
- definition dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
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black market in CommonParlance
- definition people who engage in illicit trade
- definition an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
- definition deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
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black marketeer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
- definition deal on the black market
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black marlin in CommonParlance
- definition large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds
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black medick in CommonParlance
- definition prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
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black morel in CommonParlance
- definition a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age
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black moss in CommonParlance
- definition dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
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black mulberry in CommonParlance
- definition European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit
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black music in CommonParlance
- definition music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
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black mustard in CommonParlance
- definition widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
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black nightshade in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
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black oak in CommonParlance
- definition medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
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black olive in CommonParlance
- definition olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil
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black opal in CommonParlance
- definition a dark colored opal with internal reflections of green or red
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black operation in CommonParlance
- definition a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out