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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cluster bean in CommonParlance
- definition drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
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cluster bomb in CommonParlance
- definition bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area
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cluster bomblet in CommonParlance
- definition one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
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cluster headache in CommonParlance
- definition a painful recurring headache associated with the release of histamine from cells
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cluster of differentiation 4 in CommonParlance
- definition a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells
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cluster of differentiation 8 in CommonParlance
- definition a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells
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clustered in CommonParlance
- definition growing close together but not in dense mats
- definition clustered together but not coherent
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clustered bellflower in CommonParlance
- definition bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers
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clustered lady's slipper in CommonParlance
- definition clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado
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clustered poppy mallow in CommonParlance
- definition densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters
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clusterfuck in CommonParlance
- definition A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong
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clustering in CommonParlance
- definition a grouping of a number of similar things
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clutch in CommonParlance
- definition the act of grasping
- definition a tense critical situation
- definition a number of birds hatched at the same time
- definition a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- definition a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- definition a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- definition a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- definition take into your hands deliberately
- definition hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- definition affect
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clutch bag in CommonParlance
- definition a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
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clutch pedal in CommonParlance
- definition a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
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clutches in CommonParlance
- definition the act of grasping
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clutter in CommonParlance
- definition a confused multitude of things
- definition unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
- definition fill a space in a disorderly way
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clutter up in CommonParlance
- definition fill a space in a disorderly way
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cluttered in CommonParlance
- definition filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish
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clypeus in CommonParlance
- definition a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head
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clyster in CommonParlance
- definition an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
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cm in CommonParlance
- definition a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
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cnidarian in CommonParlance
- definition radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
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co-author in CommonParlance
- definition be a co-author on (a book, a paper)
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co-beneficiary in CommonParlance
- definition one of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit