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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clearness in CommonParlance
- definition free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- definition the quality of clear water
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clearstory in CommonParlance
- definition part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
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clearway in CommonParlance
- definition a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
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clearweed in CommonParlance
- definition a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves
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cleat in CommonParlance
- definition a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
- definition a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
- definition a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
- definition provide with cleats
- definition secure on a cleat
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cleats in CommonParlance
- definition shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles
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cleavable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being cleaved
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cleavage in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being split or cleft
- definition the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
- definition (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
- definition the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
- definition the act of cleaving or splitting
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cleavage cavity in CommonParlance
- definition the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
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cleave in CommonParlance
- definition separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
- definition make by cutting into
- definition come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
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cleaver in CommonParlance
- definition a butcher's knife having a large square blade
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cleavers in CommonParlance
- definition annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
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clef in CommonParlance
- definition a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
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cleft in CommonParlance
- definition split or divided
- definition having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib
- definition a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- definition a long narrow cleft
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cleft foot in CommonParlance
- definition a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot
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cleft lip in CommonParlance
- definition a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip
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cleft palate in CommonParlance
- definition a congenital fissure of the hard palate
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cleg in CommonParlance
- definition large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
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clegg in CommonParlance
- definition large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
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cleistocarp in CommonParlance
- definition closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
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cleistogamic in CommonParlance
- definition exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
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cleistogamous in CommonParlance
- definition exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
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cleistogamy in CommonParlance
- definition the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers
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cleistothecium in CommonParlance
- definition closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
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clematis in CommonParlance
- definition any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers