acephalous worms. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This excerpt sums up the modus operandi of a rogue vice presidency in an at-times acephalous executive branch. From Wordnik.com. [William E. Jackson Jr.: The Vices of Cheney: The Burden is Upon the House Judiciary Committee] Reference
Resistance by acephalous societies proved remarkably difficult to suppress, since each community had to be defeated in turn. From Wordnik.com. [G. Africa, 1795-1917] Reference
The admirable phrase, “A man with a special subject,” might have been invented on purpose for these acephalous species in the domain of literature and politics. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman of Thirty] Reference
John: another of their great exchanges (about then Brave Jeff Francoeur) was preserved here at blog I can't link to, but if you Google "Hernandez awkward introductions acephalous" you can find it. keith hernandez and his dog, duncan. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Homers] Reference
In contrast, we know relatively little about acephalous societies, although the archaeological excavations at Igbo - Ukwe in southeastern Nigeria demonstrate that complex political organizations may have existed even in societies without rulers. From Wordnik.com. [3. Historical Trends, 1000-1500] Reference
Pare, Benivenius, and Columbus describe adults with acephalous monsters attached to them. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The pearl-bearing oyster is of a more delicate nature than most of the other acephalous mollusca. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
I cannot imagine anything more manifestly made to be a tyranny than such an acephalous aristocracy. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in America] Reference
In this respect the extremely rare case of an acephalous child, living for some days, supplies the place of an experiment of vivisection. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.] Reference
Amoral doesn't mean "Having one less moral" in the same way acephalous means having no head or ruler and anarchy means having no system of government. From Wordnik.com. [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference
When an oil is discovered that will make a bad watch keep good time; when a recipe is given which will turn an acephalous foetus into a promising child; when. From Wordnik.com. [Medical Essays, 1842-1882] Reference
A curious question arose in the instance of the girl, as to whether the extreme unction should be administered to the acephalous fetus as well as to the child. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Does psychometry compare with astronomy and geology in its scientific rank, or does it compare with the acephalous biology, which occupies all medical colleges?. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3] Reference
The admirable phrase, "A man with a special subject," might have been invented on purpose for these acephalous species in the domain of literature and politics. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman of Thirty] Reference
Others preferred to imagine in this singular personage the acephalous man, the man without a head, named by the grave Baumgarthen as existing on the new continent. From Wordnik.com. [The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe] Reference
The clerk was there; Mr. Higgleby, isosceles, flabby and acephalous as ever, was there; Tutt and Mr. Tutt were there; and Bonnie Doon, and the stenographer and the jury. From Wordnik.com. [By Advice of Counsel] Reference
There is nothing more audacious in the poet's conception of the worm looking up towards humanity, than the naturalist's theory that the progenitor of the human race was an acephalous mollusk. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
These observations upon a human child, two days old, unquestionably acephalous, i. e., absolutely without cerebrum, but as to the rest of its body not in the least abnormal, prove what I have already advanced. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.] Reference
He found it more 'acephalous' than ever. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859] Reference
May), life (acephalous); Onuphrius (Payni 16 = 10 June), life. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]] Reference
+ (4) Apocalyptic: Apocalypse (? acephalous) "written by Timothy and. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]] Reference
Eulogy of the Twelve Apostles and Life of St. Mark (acephalous; author unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]] Reference
The Blemmye had no head; he was acephalous. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
I suppose that every old maid is acephalous. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc.] Reference
(acephalous); Mercurius (Athyr 25 = 21 Nov.), Acts of martyrdom, two eulogies by Acacius of Neo-Cæsarea and St. Basil of Cæsarea; Paêse and Thecla (Choiac 8 = 4 Dec.), Acts of martyrdom; Ptelemê (Choiac. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]] Reference
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