Acephalous

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  • adjective. Headless or lacking a clearly defined head.
  • adjective. Having no leader.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without a head; headless: applied
  • Without a leader or chief.
  • Wanting a distinct beginning; indefinite in subject.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Headless.
  • adjective. Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
  • adjective. Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
  • adjective. Without a leader or chief.
  • adjective. Wanting the beginning.
  • adjective. Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Headless
  • adjective. Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
  • adjective. Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
  • adjective. Without a leader or chief.
  • adjective. Wanting the beginning
  • adjective. Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable - Brande
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking a head or a clearly defined head
  • Word Usage
    "The state had been erected upon lessons learned through centuries trying to maintain peace within an insular acephalous tribal society with a penchant for infighting and was most functional when it resembled a "loose" confederation in which legislative and judicial powers were pushed down to the local level - a concept analogous to America's states' rights."
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