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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bluejack oak in CommonParlance
- definition small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
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bluejacket in CommonParlance
- definition a serviceman in the navy
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blueness in CommonParlance
- definition blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
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bluenose in CommonParlance
- definition a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia
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bluepoint in CommonParlance
- definition oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw
- definition small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
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blueprint in CommonParlance
- definition something intended as a guide for making something else
- definition photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- definition make a blueprint of
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blueprint paper in CommonParlance
- definition sensitized paper used to make blueprints
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blues in CommonParlance
- definition a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
- definition a state of depression
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blues scale in CommonParlance
- definition a musical scale having intervals that mutate between major and minor and used especially in jazz.
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bluestem in CommonParlance
- definition tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
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bluestem wheatgrass in CommonParlance
- definition valuable forage grass of western United States
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bluestocking in CommonParlance
- definition a woman having literary or intellectual interests
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bluestone in CommonParlance
- definition bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
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bluethroat in CommonParlance
- definition songbird of northern Europe and Asia
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bluethroat pikeblenny in CommonParlance
- definition found from Florida to Cuba
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bluetick in CommonParlance
- definition a very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey
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bluetongue in CommonParlance
- definition a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges
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blueweed in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
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bluewing in CommonParlance
- definition American teal
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bluff in CommonParlance
- definition very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- definition bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
- definition a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
- definition pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
- definition the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
- definition deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
- definition frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
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bluff out in CommonParlance
- definition deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
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bluffer in CommonParlance
- definition a person who tries to bluff other people
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bluffly in CommonParlance
- definition in a blunt direct manner
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bluffness in CommonParlance
- definition good-natured frankness
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bluing in CommonParlance
- definition used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- definition a process that makes something blue (or bluish)