CommonParlance
Seed
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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blocker in CommonParlance
- definition a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play
- definition a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
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blockhead in CommonParlance
- definition a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
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blockheaded in CommonParlance
- definition (used informally) stupid
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blockhouse in CommonParlance
- definition a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
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blocking in CommonParlance
- definition the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
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blocking agent in CommonParlance
- definition a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
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blockish in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a block in shape
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blocky in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a block in shape
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blog in CommonParlance
- definition a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
- definition read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal
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blogger in CommonParlance
- definition a person who keeps and updates a blog
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bloke in CommonParlance
- definition a boy or man
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blolly in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries
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blond in CommonParlance
- definition being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
- definition a light grayish yellow to near white
- definition a male person with fair skin and hair
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blond person in CommonParlance
- definition a person with fair skin and hair
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blonde in CommonParlance
- definition being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
- definition a light grayish yellow to near white
- definition a female person with fair skin and hair
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blonde lilian in CommonParlance
- definition North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
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blondness in CommonParlance
- definition the property of having a naturally light complexion
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blood in CommonParlance
- definition the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- definition temperament or disposition
- definition a dissolute man in fashionable society
- definition the hereditary derivation of an individual
- definition people viewed as members of a group
- definition smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
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blood agar in CommonParlance
- definition a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
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blood bank in CommonParlance
- definition a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma
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blood berry in CommonParlance
- definition bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
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blood blister in CommonParlance
- definition blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury
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blood brother in CommonParlance
- definition a male with the same parents as someone else
- definition a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
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blood brotherhood in CommonParlance
- definition the friendship characteristic of blood brothers
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blood cell in CommonParlance
- definition either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets