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Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
Charlie Chaplin

Meaning of "headless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEADLESS

headless  [ˈhɛdlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEADLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Headless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEADLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

headless

Acrania

Acrania is a rare congenital disorder that occurs in the human fetus in which the flat bones in the cranial vault are either completely or partially absent. The cerebral hemispheres develop completely but abnormally. The condition is frequently, though not always, associated with anencephaly. The fetus is said to suffer from acrania if it meets the following criteria: the fetus should have a perfectly normal facial bone, a normal cervical column but without the fetal skull and a volume of brain tissue equivalent to at least one third of the normal brain size. This patient suffers from both acrania and anencephaly.

Definition of headless in the English dictionary

The first definition of headless in the dictionary is without a head. Other definition of headless is without a leader. Headless is also foolish or stupid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEADLESS


beardless
ˈbɪədlɪs
bedless
ˈbɛdlɪs
bloodless
ˈblʌdlɪs
boundless
ˈbaʊndlɪs
cordless
ˈkɔːdlɪs
dreadless
ˈdrɛdlɪs
endless
ˈɛndlɪs
fadeless
ˈfeɪdlɪs
godless
ˈɡɒdlɪs
groundless
ˈɡraʊndlɪs
lidless
ˈlɪdlɪs
mindless
ˈmaɪndlɪs
needless
ˈniːdlɪs
regardless
rɪˈɡɑːdlɪs
roadless
ˈrəʊdlɪs
shadeless
ˈʃeɪdlɪs
soundless
ˈsaʊndlɪs
swordless
ˈsɔːdlɪs
weedless
ˈwiːdlɪs
wordless
ˈwɜːdlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEADLESS

headiest
headily
headiness
heading
heading dog
headlamp
headland
headlease
headlessness
headlight
headlike
headline
headline news
headline rate
headline rate of inflation
headline-grabbing
headliner
headlines
headlock
headlong

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEADLESS

bottomless
brandless
breadless
childless
cloudless
deedless
foodless
friendless
handless
hoodless
irregardless
landless
leadless
rindless
rodless
sandless
seedless
threadless
weldless
windless
woodless

Synonyms and antonyms of headless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «headless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEADLESS

Find out the translation of headless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of headless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «headless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin cabeza
570 millions of speakers

English

headless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नेतृत्वहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقطوعة الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

без головы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sem cabeça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মস্তিষ্কহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans tête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa kepala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kopflos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘッドレス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헤드리스 (headless)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa kepala
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây đinh không đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலையில்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोके नसलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza testa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bez głowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

без голови
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fără cap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακέφαλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onthoofde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huvudlös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hodeløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of headless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADLESS»

The term «headless» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.035 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADLESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about headless

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2 QUOTES WITH «HEADLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word headless.
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Richard Blumenthal
Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also fraught with peril, when young people are reckless or headless.
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Charlie Chaplin
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEADLESS»

Discover the use of headless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to headless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Headless
The second installment from Dennis Cooper's groundbreaking Little House on the Bowery series.
Benjamin Weissman, Dennis Cooper, 2013
2
The Headless Cupid
When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they’re amazed to learn that she studies witchcraft.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 2012
3
Headless Man in Topless Bar: Studies of 725 Cases of Strip ...
Most of the cases come from the United States and Canada. This is the first and only book on the subject and it is inclusive.
T. A. Kevlin, 2007
4
Headless: A Jack Sheet Investigation
A headless corpse stuffed in an unoccupied University Hospital room does not advertise good medical care for the institution. The "Courier Gazette" assigns Jack Sheet to write the story.
Edward Beardshear, 2003
5
The Headless Ghost
Loving Hill House, an enormous tourist attraction that is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old headless boy, Duane and Stephanie decide to search for the ghost's head and get the biggest scare of their lives.
R. L. Stine, 2004
6
Land Of The Headless
Found guilty he must face the punishment laid down in the Good Book; beheading. Beheaded, he is fitted with a neck valve, ordinator and basic sensory equipment and sent out into the world.
Adam Roberts, 2010
7
Headless Males Make Great Lovers: And Other Unusual Natural ...
Steeped in biology, Headless Males Make Great Lovers points out that diverse and unrelated animals often share seemingly bizarre behaviors—evidence, Crump argues, that these natural histories, though outwardly weird, are successful ways ...
Marty Crump, 2008
8
Headless Horsemen: A Tale of Chemical Colts, Subprime Sales ...
For anyone who cares about the soul and survival of horse racing, this book is an impassioned call to arms.
Jim Squires, 2010
9
Headless Body in Topless Bar: The Best Headlines from ...
Headless Body in Topless Bar is the perfect book for any pop culture junkie and a hilarious tribute to the one-of-a-kind New York Post.
Staff of the New York Post, 2008
10
The Headless Republic: Sacrificial Violence in Modern French ...
In The Headless Republic, Jesse Goldhammer explores how the French revolutionaries retrieved a set of ideas about founding violence from the classical Romans and early Christians and incorporated it into postrevolutionary debates that ...
Jesse Goldhammer, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEADLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term headless is used in the context of the following news items.
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In times of 'war against corruption', JK's anti-graft body headless
The Vigilance Organization—mandated to probe graft cases—became headless on June 30 after its Director Shaikh Owais Ahmad attained ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
2
Watch Thom Yorke perform “High and Dry” with his pre-Radiohead …
Before becoming the frontman of Radiohead, a young 20-year-old Thom Yorke was a member of a melodic punk band called Headless ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
3
District Court next for man held in 'headless' homicide
John Louis Marquez, 51, was bound over to Park County District Court following his preliminary hearing in Circuit Court on Wednesday, July 8. «Cody Enterprise, Jul 15»
4
Bloated body of headless man found in drain
SHAH ALAM - A man was gruesomely decapitated and left to rot in a drain in a secluded industrial area near Section 36 here. When the police ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
5
Read the Overwhelming, Tragic Story of Makeunder's 'Great …
“Great Headless Blank” was the inspired track we played on All Songs Considered back in April, now it's the title track to Makeunder's latest EP, ... «KQED, Jul 15»
6
Headless body found at Shah Alam
SHAH ALAM: A headless, naked body of a man was found in a trench along Jalan 36/41, Sg Kandis off Jalan Kebun, Section 36, here, ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
7
Flock of headless chickens leading the eurozone
Indeed, the whole eurozone seems to be managed by a flock of headless chickens by comparison, so my money is on the more positive Greeks ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
Headless body found in Khyala
The headless body of a man was found near a drain in Khyala on ... The police received a call around 2.30 p.m. about a headless body. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
UK immigration rules leave CII headless in London
A clear, if bizarre, demonstration of how changes to Britain's immigration rules are affecting doing business there is the Confederation of Indian ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
10
Headless SHRC is limbless too!
Srinagar, July 08: Seriousness of the government to protecting and respecting human rights of its people can be gauged from the fact that the ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»

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