a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Acephal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Headless. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Without a leader or chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Wanting the beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]

A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Pros.) Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + kefalh` head. ] Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, priv. + &unr_; the brain: cf. Encephalon. ] (Zool.) Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aurum + cephalous. ] (Zool.) Having a gold-colored head. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; independent; &unr_; self + &unr_; head. ] (Eccl. Hist.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + cephalous: cf. F. bicéphale. ] Having two heads. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + &unr_; head. ] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kefalh` head. ] (Zool.) Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dike`falos; di- = di`s- twice + kefalh` head. ] Having two heads on one body; double-headed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head. ] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al a. & n.

a. (Zoöl.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr.&unr_; head. ] (Bot.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having hydrocephalus. “Hydrocephalous offspring.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Macro + encephalic, encephalous. ] Of or pertaining to macrencephaly; having a large brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head. ] 1. Of or pertaining to macrocephaly; having an unusually large head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Mega- + Gr. kefalh` head. ] (Biol.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Mesaticephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Mesocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Micr- + Gr. &unr_; brain. ] Having a small brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Micro- + cephalic, cephalous. ] (Anat.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. kefalh` head. ] (Bot.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Platy + Gr. &unr_; head. ] (Anat.) Broad-headed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Podo- + Gr. &unr_; head. ] (Bot.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk. [ 1913 Webster ]