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
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Terms in this context
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colours in CommonParlance
- definition a distinguishing emblem
- definition a flag that shows its nationality
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colpitis in CommonParlance
- definition inflammation of the vagina
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colpocele in CommonParlance
- definition hernia projecting into the vagina
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colpocystitis in CommonParlance
- definition inflammation of the vagina and bladder
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colpocystocele in CommonParlance
- definition hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth
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colposcope in CommonParlance
- definition An endoscopic instrument that magnifies the epithelia of the vagina and cervix in vivo to allow direct observation and study of these tissues.
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colpoxerosis in CommonParlance
- definition a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry
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colt in CommonParlance
- definition a young male horse under the age of four
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coltan in CommonParlance
- definition a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
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colter in CommonParlance
- definition a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil
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coltish in CommonParlance
- definition given to merry frolicking
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coltsfoot in CommonParlance
- definition tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
- definition perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly
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colubrid in CommonParlance
- definition mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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colubrid snake in CommonParlance
- definition mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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colugo in CommonParlance
- definition arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
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columbarium in CommonParlance
- definition a birdhouse for pigeons
- definition a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
- definition a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
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columbary in CommonParlance
- definition a birdhouse for pigeons
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columbian mammoth in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of mammoth
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columbiform bird in CommonParlance
- definition a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
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columbine in CommonParlance
- definition a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
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columbite in CommonParlance
- definition a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
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columbite-tantalite in CommonParlance
- definition a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
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columbium in CommonParlance
- definition a former name for niobium
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columbo in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
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columella in CommonParlance
- definition a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal