Term: kenning: conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: vasoconstriction: decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: superstition: an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: linendraper: a retail dealer in yard goods
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: singular matrix: a square matrix whose determinant is zero
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: eel: the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: line-drive double: a double resulting from a line drive
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: cigarette smoker: a smoker of cigarettes
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: pill head: a consumer of amphetamine pills
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: hypothetical imperative: a principle stating the action required to attain a desired goal
Broader: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | Unrelated: lombard: a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century