acephalous

adjective7

1. •
   Having no head.

   • “But tell me, my Dea—my Psyche!— (With your wings outspread as to race With that swift and acephalous Nike Who lost her bean somewhere in Thrace)— — 1916
2. •
   A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.

   • A very brief acephalous interim followed the death of the dark Dictator. — 1870
3. •
   Without a distinct head.
4. •
   Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.

   • They have acephalous or headless Verses, which commence with a short Syllable instead of a long one: — 1746
5. •
   Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript)
6. •
   (rare) Without a beginning.
7. •
   Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries