acephalous /a-, ä- or ə-sefˈə-ləs/

1. Headless
2. Without a ruler, leader, etc (figurative)
3. Lacking a syllable or syllables in the first foot (prosody)

• spearheads
• spearier
• speariest
• spearing
• spearman
• spearmen
• spearmint
• spearmints
• spear-point
• spear-points
• spear pyrites
• spear-running
• spears
• spear-shaft
• spear-shafts
• spear side
• spear sides
• spear tackle
• spear tackles
• spear thistle
• spear thistles
• spear-thrower
• spear-throwers
• spearwort
• spearworts