Acephalous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Biology Headless or lacking a clearly defined head: acephalous worms.
  • adj. Having no leader.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Headless
  • adj. Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
  • adj. Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
  • adj. Without a leader or chief.
  • adj. Wanting the beginning
  • adj. Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable - Brande
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Headless.
  • adj. Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
  • adj. Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
  • adj. Without a leader or chief.
  • adj. Wanting the beginning.
  • adj. Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without a head; headless: applied
  • Without a leader or chief.
  • Wanting a distinct beginning; indefinite in subject.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking a head or a clearly defined head
    • Equivalent
    headless   
    Form
    acephalously   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    headless   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    testaceous    overwound    two-month-old    seven-month    bivalve   
     
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