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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bullet fingerprinting in CommonParlance
- definition identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
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bullet hole in CommonParlance
- definition a hole made by a bullet passing through it
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bullet train in CommonParlance
- definition a high-speed passenger train
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bullet vote in CommonParlance
- definition vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle
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bullet-headed in CommonParlance
- definition obstinate and stupid
- definition having a small round head
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bullethead in CommonParlance
- definition a head shaped like a bullet
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bulletin in CommonParlance
- definition a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
- definition make public by bulletin
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bulletin board in CommonParlance
- definition a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
- definition a board that hangs on a wall; displays announcements
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bulletin board system in CommonParlance
- definition a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
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bulletproof in CommonParlance
- definition without flaws or loopholes
- definition not penetrable by bullets
- definition make bulletproof
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bulletproof vest in CommonParlance
- definition a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet
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bullfight in CommonParlance
- definition a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators
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bullfighter in CommonParlance
- definition someone who fights bulls
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bullfighting in CommonParlance
- definition the activity at a bullfight
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bullfinch in CommonParlance
- definition common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
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bullfrog in CommonParlance
- definition largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
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bullhead in CommonParlance
- definition freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- definition any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
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bullhead catfish in CommonParlance
- definition any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
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bullheaded in CommonParlance
- definition obstinate and stupid
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bullheadedness in CommonParlance
- definition resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
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bullhorn in CommonParlance
- definition a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
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bullion in CommonParlance
- definition a mass of precious metal
- definition gold or silver in bars or ingots
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bullish in CommonParlance
- definition expecting a rise in prices
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bullnecked in CommonParlance
- definition having a thick short powerful neck
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bullnose in CommonParlance
- definition a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front