headless

Modifies a noun

• coachman: So here is probably the origin of the legend of the ghostly coach and headless coachmen, a century older than the Borley one.
• horseman: There is a headless horseman who patrols along the Tyndall Avenue at night on his black horse.
• chicken: The term headless chickens just about sums up the forward.
• corpse: His headless corpse was later found in a ditch.
• torso: Grix's last thought was fear for his children, as he dropped heavily onto Tommy's headless torso.
• ghost: The headless ghost of the hound is seen from time wandering through the bar at closing time looking for his lost head.

Modifying Another Word

• nearly: Netribution sources say Cleese just gave a lecture at Cornell University, where he confirmed he will play Nick the Nearly Headless Ghost.
• now: St Edmund's head, left, lies between the ( now headless ) wolf's paws.

Used with adjective complement

• appear: The corpses appear headless, the flesh chewed at, the manner of death not clear.
• run: How do I configure Linux to run headless with a terminal connected to a serial port?