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.
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blue whale in CommonParlance
- definition largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of Southern Hemisphere
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blue-belly in CommonParlance
- definition common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
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blue-black in CommonParlance
- definition of black tinged with blue
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blue-blind in CommonParlance
- definition inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
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blue-blindness in CommonParlance
- definition rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow
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blue-blooded in CommonParlance
- definition belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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blue-chip in CommonParlance
- definition extremely valuable
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blue-chip stock in CommonParlance
- definition a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
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blue-collar in CommonParlance
- definition of or designating manual industrial work or workers
- definition of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
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blue-eyed in CommonParlance
- definition favorite
- definition having blue eyes
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blue-eyed African daisy in CommonParlance
- definition bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
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blue-eyed Mary in CommonParlance
- definition eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers
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blue-eyed grass in CommonParlance
- definition plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
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blue-flowered in CommonParlance
- definition having blue flowers
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blue-fruited in CommonParlance
- definition bearing blue fruit
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blue-gray in CommonParlance
- definition of grey tinged with blue
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blue-green in CommonParlance
- definition of a bluish shade of green
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blue-green algae in CommonParlance
- definition predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
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blue-grey in CommonParlance
- definition of grey tinged with blue
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blue-headed vireo in CommonParlance
- definition common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head
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blue-lilac in CommonParlance
- definition of lavender tinged with blue
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blue-pencil in CommonParlance
- definition cut or eliminate
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blue-purple in CommonParlance
- definition of purple tinged with blue
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blue-ribbon in CommonParlance
- definition selected or chosen for special qualifications
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blue-sky in CommonParlance
- definition without immediate commercial value