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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Crazy Glue in CommonParlance
- definition a commercial brand of epoxy glue
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Cree in CommonParlance
- definition a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- definition the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
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Cree language in CommonParlance
- definition the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
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Creek in CommonParlance
- definition any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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Creek Confederacy in CommonParlance
- definition a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma
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Creole in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana
- definition a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- definition a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
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Crescentia cujete in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
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Cretaceous in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era
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Cretan in CommonParlance
- definition a native or inhabitant of Crete
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in CommonParlance
- definition rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
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Crex crex in CommonParlance
- definition common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
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Cricetus cricetus in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia
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Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever in CommonParlance
- definition an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep
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Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada in CommonParlance
- definition an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
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Criminal Investigation Command in CommonParlance
- definition the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world
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Crixivan in CommonParlance
- definition a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV
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Crna Gora in CommonParlance
- definition a country in Southeastern Europe bordering Bosnia, Albania and Serbia, formerly part of Yugoslavia
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Cro-magnon in CommonParlance
- definition extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe
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Croat in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
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Croatian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language
- definition a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
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Croatian monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition monetary unit used in Croatia.
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Crocanthemum canadense in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
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Crocethia alba in CommonParlance
- definition small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
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Crock Pot in CommonParlance
- definition an electric cooker that maintains a relatively low temperature
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Crocodylus niloticus in CommonParlance
- definition a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa