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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catalogue in CommonParlance
- definition a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically
- definition a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
- definition make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
- definition make a catalogue, compile a catalogue
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cataloguer in CommonParlance
- definition a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system
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catalpa in CommonParlance
- definition tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
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catalufa in CommonParlance
- definition brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters
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catalyse in CommonParlance
- definition change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
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catalysis in CommonParlance
- definition acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
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catalyst in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- definition something that causes an important event to happen
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catalytic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or causing or involving catalysis
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catalytic converter in CommonParlance
- definition a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water; an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system
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catalytic cracker in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst
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catalytically in CommonParlance
- definition by catalytic action; in a catalytic manner
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catalyze in CommonParlance
- definition change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
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catamaran in CommonParlance
- definition a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck
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catamenia in CommonParlance
- definition the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
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catamenial in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to menstruation or the menses
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catamite in CommonParlance
- definition a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
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catamount in CommonParlance
- definition short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
- definition large American feline resembling a lion
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catamountain in CommonParlance
- definition bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
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catananche in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers
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cataphasia in CommonParlance
- definition a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession
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cataphatic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively
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cataphatism in CommonParlance
- definition the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam ‘in his own image’)
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cataphoresis in CommonParlance
- definition the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
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cataphoretic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to electrophoresis
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cataphract in CommonParlance
- definition armor that protects the wearer's whole body