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'
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: pearlfish: found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: discovery: the act of discovering something
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: bluehead: small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: headword: a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: life saver: a candy shaped like a small lifesaver
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: withe: strong flexible twig
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: overburden: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: zenaidura: mourning doves
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: assault: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
Broader: dangling modifier: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' | Unrelated: due care: the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty