acephalous
(adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head; “acephalous worms”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acephalous (comparative more acephalous, superlative most acephalous)
Headless
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
Without a leader or chief.
Without a beginning
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable
Source: Wiktionary
A*ceph"a*lous, a. Etym: [See Acephal.]
1. Headless.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.
6. (Pros.)
Definition: Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
