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: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: genus fucus: type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: crate: the quantity contained in a crate
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: mantispid: insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: ustilaginaceae: a fungus family of loose smuts
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: injection: any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: soundman: a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: proportion: magnitude or extent
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: crescent roll: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: sixth-former: a student in the sixth form
Broader: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it | Unrelated: upholstery: covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture