Term: catachresis: strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: architrave: the lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: bath salts: a preparation that softens or scents a bath
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: chemical reactor: an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: secondo: the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: interceptor: a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: window-washing: the activity of washing windows
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: raiser: a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: feldspar: any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: pace: the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: scrophularia: type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts