1.
Without a leader or ruler.
2.
Also, acephalic Zoology . headless; lacking a distinct head.
Origin:
Acephalous stems from the Greek combining form -cephalous meaning "having a head or heads" and the prefix a- meaning "not, without."
Tribal organization is therefore acephalous or without a paramount cheif.
2. Parturient
1.
Bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
2.
Pertaining to parturition.
3.
Bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.
Origin:
Parturient is derived from the Latin word parturient- which literally meant "being in labor" or "desiring to bring forth."
Following treatment parturition may be expected within a few hours.
3. Delate
1.
Chiefly Scot. To inform against; denounce or accuse.
2.
Archaic. To relate; report: to delate an offense.
Origin:
Delate stems from the Latin word dēlātus which is the past participle of dēferre meaning "to bring down," like the modern English word defer .
The proscuter delated the witness statement.
4. Uncanny
4. Uncanny
1.
Having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
2.
Mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange Uncanny sounds filled the house.
Origin:
Uncanny once meant "mischievous." The association with the supernatural arose in the 1770s. The word canny means careful, astute, skilled and frugal.
Uncanny sounds surrounded me as I walked towards the house.
5. Supernormal
5. Supernormal
1.
In excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
2.
Lying beyond normal or natural powers of comprehension: supernormal intimations.
Origin:
Supernormal was first used in the 1860s. The prefix super- has a number of common senses. In this case, it is used in the sense of "an individual, thing, or property that exceeds customary norms or levels" as in superstar .
Wolervine was supernormal powers. The ability to regenerate and organic claws.
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