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helmless

helmless adjective: without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).

Adjective

helmless (not comparable)

  1. Without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).
    • To Sleep I give my powers away;
      ⁠My will is bondsman to the dark;
      ⁠I sit within a helmless bark,
      And with my heart I muse and say: […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

Origin of helmless

From helm + -less.

Words formed from helmless

Questions about helmless

What does helmless mean?
Helmless means without a helm (steering apparatus of a ship).
What part of speech is helmless?
Helmless is an adjective.

Words near helmless in the dictionary

  1. helminthous
  2. helminths
  3. helmitol
  4. Helmke
  5. Helmkes
  6. helmless
  7. helmlessness
  8. helmlet
  9. helmlets
  10. helmlike
  11. Helmond

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