Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..

Acephalocystic :: Acephalocystic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

Anencephalous :: Anencephalous (a.) Without a brain; brainless.

Aurocephalous :: Aurocephalous (a.) Having a gold-colored head.

Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..

Bicephalous :: Bicephalous (a.) Having two heads.

Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..

Cephalo :: Cephalo () A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod..

Cephalocercal :: Cephalocercal (a.) Relating to the long axis of the body.

Cephaloid :: Cephaloid (a.) Shaped like the head.

Cephalology :: Cephalology (n.) The science which treats of the head.

Cephalomere :: Cephalomere (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.

Cephalometer :: Cephalometer (n.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

Cephalon :: Cephalon (n.) The head.

Cephalophora :: Cephalophora (n. pl.) The cephalata.

Cephalopod :: Cephalopod (n.) Alt. of Cephalopod.

Cephalopoda :: Cephalopoda (n. pl.) The highest class of Mollusca.

Cephalopode :: Cephalopode (n.) One of the Cephalopoda.

Cephalopodic :: Cephalopodic (a.) Alt. of Cephalopodou.

Cephalopodous :: Cephalopodous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods..

Cephaloptera :: Cephaloptera (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton..

Cephalosome :: Cephalosome (n.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.

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