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.
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cerebrospinal meningitis in CommonParlance
- definition meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
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cerebrovascular in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it
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cerebrovascular accident in CommonParlance
- definition a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
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cerebrum in CommonParlance
- definition anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
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cerecloth in CommonParlance
- definition a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
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cerement in CommonParlance
- definition burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
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ceremonial in CommonParlance
- definition marked by pomp or ceremony or formality
- definition a formal event performed on a special occasion
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ceremonial dance in CommonParlance
- definition a dance that is part of a religious ritual
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ceremonial occasion in CommonParlance
- definition a formal event performed on a special occasion
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ceremonially in CommonParlance
- definition in a ceremonious manner
- definition in a ceremonial manner
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ceremonious in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- definition rigidly formal or bound by convention
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ceremoniously in CommonParlance
- definition in a ceremonious manner
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ceremoniousness in CommonParlance
- definition a ceremonial manner
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ceremony in CommonParlance
- definition a formal event performed on a special occasion
- definition any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- definition the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
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ceresin in CommonParlance
- definition a white wax extracted from ozokerite
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ceric in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4
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ceriman in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor
- definition tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor
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cerise in CommonParlance
- definition of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- definition a red the color of ripe cherries
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cerium in CommonParlance
- definition a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
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cerivastatin in CommonParlance
- definition an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels
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cernuous in CommonParlance
- definition having branches or flower heads that bend downward
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cero in CommonParlance
- definition large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
- definition large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil
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cerography in CommonParlance
- definition the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping.
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ceroplastics in CommonParlance
- definition the art of modeling in wax.
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cerotic acid in CommonParlance
- definition a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax)