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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campylotropous in CommonParlance
- definition (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk
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campylotropous ovule in CommonParlance
- definition a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus
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camshaft in CommonParlance
- definition an engine shaft with cams attached to it
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camwood in CommonParlance
- definition small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
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can in CommonParlance
- definition airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- definition the quantity contained in a can
- definition a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- definition the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- definition a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- definition a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- definition preserve in a can or tin
- definition terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
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can buoy in CommonParlance
- definition a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
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can of worms in CommonParlance
- definition a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity
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can opener in CommonParlance
- definition a device for cutting cans open
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can-do in CommonParlance
- definition marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done
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canafistola in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
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canafistula in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
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canal in CommonParlance
- definition (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- definition a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- definition long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
- definition provide (a city) with a canal
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canal boat in CommonParlance
- definition a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
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canal of Schlemm in CommonParlance
- definition a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
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canalicular in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or like or having a canaliculus
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canaliculate in CommonParlance
- definition having thin parallel channels
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canaliculus in CommonParlance
- definition a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
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canalis cervicis uteri in CommonParlance
- definition a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina
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canalis inguinalis in CommonParlance
- definition oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus
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canalis vertebralis in CommonParlance
- definition the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
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canalisation in CommonParlance
- definition the production of a canal or a conversion to canals
- definition management through specified channels of communication
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canalise in CommonParlance
- definition provide (a city) with a canal
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canalization in CommonParlance
- definition the production of a canal or a conversion to canals
- definition management through specified channels of communication
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canalize in CommonParlance
- definition provide (a city) with a canal
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canape in CommonParlance
- definition an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food