1. Lacking protection or support
   "a defenseless child"
   - defenceless [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Having no protecting or concealing cover
   - naked, defenceless [Brit, Cdn] 
3. Lacking weapons for self-defense
   - defenceless [Brit, Cdn]

1. Without defense
   - defenceless [Brit, Cdn], defenselessly [US], defencelessly [Brit, Cdn]

See also: defenselessness [US], unarmed, unprotected, vulnerable

• black-eye bean
• black-eyed bean
• black-eyed pea
• black-eyed Susan
• black-eyed Susan vine
• black-footed albatross
• black-footed ferret
• black-fronted bush shrike
• black-gray
• black-grey
• black-haired
• black-headed snake
• black-legged tick
• black-marked
• black-market
• black-necked cobra
• black-necked grebe
• black-necked stilt
• black-necked stork
• black-seeded
• black-stem spleenwort
• black-stemmed spleenwort
• black-tailed deer
• black-tie
• black-winged stilt