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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body louse in CommonParlance
- definition a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
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body mass index in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
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body odor in CommonParlance
- definition malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
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body odour in CommonParlance
- definition malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
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body of water in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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body of work in CommonParlance
- definition the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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body pad in CommonParlance
- definition a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper
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body part in CommonParlance
- definition any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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body plethysmograph in CommonParlance
- definition plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body; used in studies of respiration
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body politic in CommonParlance
- definition a politically organized body of people under a single government
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body process in CommonParlance
- definition an organic process that takes place in the body
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body servant in CommonParlance
- definition a valet or personal maid
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body snatcher in CommonParlance
- definition someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
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body stocking in CommonParlance
- definition a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs)
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body structure in CommonParlance
- definition a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
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body substance in CommonParlance
- definition the substance of the body
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body suit in CommonParlance
- definition a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance
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body temperature in CommonParlance
- definition temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
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body type in CommonParlance
- definition a category of physique
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body waste in CommonParlance
- definition waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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body weight in CommonParlance
- definition the weight of a person's body
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body-build in CommonParlance
- definition constitution of the human body
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body-surf in CommonParlance
- definition ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard
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bodybuilder in CommonParlance
- definition someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
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bodybuilding in CommonParlance
- definition exercise that builds muscles through tension