Term: hysteron proteron: reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: mailsorter: a sorter for sorting mail according to the address
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: ultramontane: a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: imprint: an impression produced by pressure or printing
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: tunicate: primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: citrange: more aromatic and acidic than oranges
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: kapok: massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: traversal: travel across
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: onchocerciasis: infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: sesbania: any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: benford's law: a law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers; applies to any population of numbers derived from other numbers