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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cellulose xanthate in CommonParlance
- definition a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda
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cellulosic in CommonParlance
- definition of or containing or made from cellulose
- definition a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose)
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celom in CommonParlance
- definition a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
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celoma in CommonParlance
- definition a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
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celtuce in CommonParlance
- definition lettuce valued especially for its edible stems
- definition leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked
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cembalo in CommonParlance
- definition a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
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cembra nut in CommonParlance
- definition the seed of the Swiss pine
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cembra nut tree in CommonParlance
- definition large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
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cement in CommonParlance
- definition concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- definition a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
- definition something that hardens to act as adhesive material
- definition any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- definition a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- definition make fast as if with cement
- definition cover or coat with cement
- definition bind or join with or as if with cement
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cement mixer in CommonParlance
- definition a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete
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cementite in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle
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cementitious in CommonParlance
- definition like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
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cementum in CommonParlance
- definition a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
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cemetery in CommonParlance
- definition a tract of land used for burials
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cenobite in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a religious order living in common
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cenobitic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
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cenobitical in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
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cenogenesis in CommonParlance
- definition introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
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cenogenetic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to cenogenesis
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cenotaph in CommonParlance
- definition a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
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cense in CommonParlance
- definition perfume especially with a censer
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censer in CommonParlance
- definition a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
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censitary suffrage in CommonParlance
- definition a system where the votes cast by those eligible to vote are not equal, but are weighed differently according to the person's rank in the census (e.g., people with high income have more votes than those with a small income).
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censor in CommonParlance
- definition someone who censures or condemns
- definition a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
- definition forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
- definition subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
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censored in CommonParlance
- definition suppressed or subject to censorship