headless
Missing its top
Headless describes something without a head.
A headless statue has lost or never had one.
A headless corpse is missing its head.
Figuratively, headless means without a leader: The organization was headless after the CEO resigned.
In computing, headless refers to systems running without a monitor or graphical interface: a headless server.
Head cut off
- beheadedHad head removed
- guillotinedKilled by beheading machine
- severedCut off completely
- executedCarried out or killed
neck · stump · scaffold · executioner · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · chopping block · axe
Lacking systematic arrangement
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- rudderlessLacking guidance or direction
- directionlessWithout aim or guidance
- unguidedLacking direction or supervision
anarchic · floundering · uncoordinated · dysfunctional · mismanaged · aimless · adrift · confused
Haunted New York hamlet
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- ghostApparition of the dead
- riderOne who mounts transport
Ichabod Crane · galloping · pumpkin · legend · haunted · Washington Irving · apparition · terrorizing
Web access program
- serverOne who attends tables
- modeWay or method
- testingExamining to evaluate
- automationSelf-operating system design
Selenium · rendering · scraping · API · backend · script · command-line · crawling
Gestating offspring
- birth defectAbnormality present from delivery
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- congenitalExisting from birth
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
embryonic · teratology · neural tube · abnormality · prenatal · diagnosis · ultrasound · medical
decapitated
Head cut off
- beheadedHad head removed
- guillotinedKilled by beheading machine
- severedCut off completely
executed · neck · stump · scaffold · executioner · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · chopping block · axe · sword
disorganized
Lacking systematic arrangement
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- rudderlessLacking guidance or direction
- directionlessWithout aim or guidance
unguided · anarchic · floundering · uncoordinated · dysfunctional · mismanaged · aimless · adrift · confused · lacking direction
Sleepy Hollow
Haunted New York hamlet
Ichabod Crane · rider · galloping · pumpkin · legend · haunted · Washington Irving · apparition · terrorizing · pursuing
browser
Web access program
automation · Selenium · rendering · scraping · API · backend · script · command-line · crawling · screenshot
fetus
Gestating offspring
- birth defectAbnormality present from delivery
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- congenitalExisting from birth
developmental · embryonic · teratology · neural tube · abnormality · prenatal · diagnosis · ultrasound · medical · syndrome
screw
Threaded metal fastener
flush · countersunk · embedded · concealed · hardware · tamper-proof · security · recessed · flat · surface
- Guitarsacoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, acoustic
- lostlost, missing, mislaid, misplaced, gone
headlesswhole
Full and undivided
intact · complete · untruncated · unmaimed · full-bodied
- headless horsemanRider lacking cranium
- headless horsemenMounted figures lacking heads
head, less, heading, header, headway, heady, headstone, headland, headlight