Term: preposition: (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: infiltration: a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: homocercal fin: symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: arroyo: a stream or brook
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: liquid oxygen: a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: rigatoni: tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: enosis: the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: yeast: a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: introitus: entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening)
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: acid test: a rigorous or crucial appraisal
Broader: place: an item on a list or in a sequence | Unrelated: bullfrog: largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice