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.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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calming in CommonParlance
- definition the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
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calmly in CommonParlance
- definition with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
- definition in a sedate manner
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calmness in CommonParlance
- definition steadiness of mind under stress
- definition an absence of strong winds or rain
- definition a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement
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calomel in CommonParlance
- definition a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
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caloric in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or associated with heat
- definition of or relating to calories in food
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calorie in CommonParlance
- definition unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
- definition a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
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calorie chart in CommonParlance
- definition a list of foods and information about their caloric content
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calorie-free in CommonParlance
- definition having relatively few calories
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calorifacient in CommonParlance
- definition producing heat; usually used of foods
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calorific in CommonParlance
- definition heat-generating
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calorimeter in CommonParlance
- definition a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
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calorimetric in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the measurement of heat
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calorimetry in CommonParlance
- definition measurement of quantities of heat
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calorisator in CommonParlance
- definition an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.
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calorizator in CommonParlance
- definition an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.
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calosoma in CommonParlance
- definition any beetle of the genus Calosoma
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calpac in CommonParlance
- definition a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
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calpack in CommonParlance
- definition a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
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calque in CommonParlance
- definition an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
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calque formation in CommonParlance
- definition an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
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caltrop in CommonParlance
- definition tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
- definition a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
- definition Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
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calumet in CommonParlance
- definition a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
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calumniate in CommonParlance
- definition charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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calumniation in CommonParlance
- definition a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
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calumniatory in CommonParlance
- definition (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign