Term: dangling participle: a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'
Candidate hypernym: language unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed → 1
Candidate hypernym: graviton: a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles → 0
Candidate hypernym: medusa's head: African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches → 0
Candidate hypernym: lory: small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: struthio: type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches → 0
Candidate hypernym: lottery: something that is regarded as a chance event → 0
Candidate hypernym: barge pole: a long pole used to propel or guide a barge → 0
Candidate hypernym: hokan: a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: porcelain: ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyanobacteria: predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton → 0
Candidate hypernym: barber: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade → 0