Its head's ventral surface lacks the numerous prominent furrows of the related rorquals, instead bearing two to five shallow furrows on the throat's underside.

Orthothecids fall into two groups: one, the orcothecida sensu stricto, is kidney or heart shaped in cross-section due to a longitudinal groove on its ventral surface, and its opercula bear cardinal processes ; the other has a rounded cross-section and often lacks cardinal processes, making them difficult to distinguish from other cornet-shaped calcareous organisms.

In addition, the goblin shark's tail lacks a ventral lobe.

Most conspicuously, it lacks obvious ventral eyespots on the hindwings ; there are 2 large ones in V. virginiensis and 4 small ones in V. cardui.

Like the latter, it also lacks a white dot in the pinkish / orange subapical field of the ventral / dorsal forewings.

The two subspecies are very similar, but the grass pickerel lacks the redfin's distinctive orange to red fin coloration, its fins having dark leading edges and amber to dusky coloration.

This variety also lacks the reddish fins of the red-tailed golden.

Compared to other grains, amaranth is unusually rich in the essential amino acid lysine Common grains such as wheat and corn are comparatively rich in amino acids that amaranth lacks ; thus, amaranth and other grains can complement each other.

One of the most common criticisms of the movement, which does not necessarily come from its opponents, is simply that the anti-globalization movement lacks coherent goals, and that the views of different protesters are often in opposition to each other.

This includes looking for living examples of animals that are considered extinct, such as dinosaurs ; animals whose existence lacks physical evidence but which appear in myths, legends, or are reported, such as Bigfoot and Chupacabra ; and wild animals dramatically outside their normal geographic ranges, such as phantom cats or " ABCs " ( an initialism commonly used by cryptozoologists that stands for Alien Big Cats ).

There are no coral reefs along the coast, and the island lacks a good harbor for ships.

Other major critiques are that the term is not defined well, and employs further terms that are not defined well, and therefore lacks explanatory power, that cultural imperialism is hard to measure, and that the theory of a legacy of colonialism is not always true.

Since the southern sky lacks an easily visible pole star, Alpha and Gamma ( known as Acrux and Gacrux respectively ) are commonly used to mark south.

Critics of Dianetics are skeptical of this study, both because of the bias of the source and because the researchers appear to ascribe all physical benefits to Dianetics without considering possible outside factors ; in other words, the report lacks any scientific controls.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

While there are other European countries like Estonia with a birthrate that is at less than replacement levels, Estonia lacks the immigration found, for example, in Germany.

While there are other European countries like Estonia with a birthrate that is below replacement levels, Estonia lacks immigration to compensate for the negative natural growth.

Like Encarta, the Britannica has been criticised for being biased towards United States audiences ; the United Kingdom-related articles are updated less often, maps of the United States are more detailed than those of other countries, and it lacks a UK dictionary.

Some of the Myers-Briggs temperaments are known to despise educational material that lacks theory.

Several provinces in the north of the country ( i. e. Badghis and Samangan ) are famous for pistachio cultivation but the area currently lacks proper marketing and processing plants.

As Florence lacks a prevailing wind, summer temperatures are higher than along the coast.

In addition, it lacks a prelude, something Verdi listeners are not accustomed to.

The gray whale also lacks a dorsal fin, instead bearing 6 to 12 dorsal crenulations (" knuckles "), which are raised bumps on the midline of its rear quarter, leading to the flukes.

Each text contains material that the other lacks, with many minor differences in wording: scarcely 200 lines are identical in the two.

While the jaguar closely resembles the leopard, it is sturdier and heavier, and the two animals can be distinguished by their rosettes: the rosettes on a jaguar's coat are larger, fewer in number, usually darker, and have thicker lines and small spots in the middle that the leopard lacks.

For example, many animals are able to communicate with each other by signaling to the things around them, but this kind of communication lacks the arbitrariness of human vernaculars ( in that there is nothing about the sound of the word " dog " that would hint at its meaning ).

" Conservative " garbage collection capabilities can be added to any programming language that lacks it as a built-in feature, and libraries for doing this are available for C and C ++ programs.

" The energy drink is citrus-based ; it lacks Moxie's gentian root tang, caramel color, and ( as of 2008 ) its distinctive branding ; similarly, the waters are simply carbonated waters with fruit flavors marketed under the Moxie brand.

In Lebanon, the right-wing Guardians of the Cedars, a fiercely nationalistic ( mainly Christian ) political party which opposes the country's ties to the Arab world, is agitating for " Lebanese " to be recognized as a distinct language from Arabic and not merely a dialect, and has even advocated replacing the Arabic alphabet with a revival of the ancient Phoenician alphabet, which lacks a number of characters to write typical Arabic phonemes present in Lebanese, and lost by Phoenician ( and Hebrew ) in the second millennium BC.

The verbal system lacks a distinctive future tense ( the present tense serves here ) and features special forms to express an action performed by an undetermined subject ( the " impersonal ").

For instance, Arabic lacks a verb form of " to be " in the present tense.

It lacks the deep, organically enriched profile present in temperate deciduous forests.

It lacks some minor features present in the reference implementation ( notably seeking ), but it claims to be fully compliant with the format specification.

The ligament structure of the cheetah's claws is the same as those of other cats ; it simply lacks the sheath of skin and fur present in other varieties, and therefore, with the exception of the dewclaw, the claws are always visible.

He then invites those present to take part in the Act of Penitence, which concludes with the priest's prayer of absolution, " which, however, lacks the efficacy of the Sacrament of Penance.

Larger and thicker than the intended tool, it lacks the final trimming and refinement that is present in the completed artifact.

The Gospel of Thomas proclaims that the Kingdom of God is already present for those who understand the secret message of Jesus ( Saying 113 ), and lacks apocalyptic themes.

If a legislature lacks a quorum, many jurisdictions allow the members present the power to order a call of the house, which orders the arrest of the members who are not present.

American journalist Michael Lewis has pointed out that modern Greek culture lacks any tradition of volunteerism and altruism and is afflicted by extraordinarily high levels of selfishness and corruption, which culminated in the present Greek government-debt crisis.

A person who is insecure lacks confidence in their own value, and one or more of their capabilities, lacks trust in themselves or others, or has fears that a present positive state is temporary, and will let them down and cause them loss or distress by " going wrong " in the future.

The face is completely symmetrical and almost intact, but the left eye lacks the inlay present in the right.

The Legion of Super-Heroes from 1, 000 years into the future in particular have access to time-travel technology ( although the threeboot Legion lacks time travel technology ) while Rip Hunter is the present day authority of the technology.

The Yellow-browed Warbler also lacks the pale half circle present below the young Firecrest's eye.

The Bashkir Curly horse has a uniquely textured coat that lacks the protein ( present in all other horse fur ) believed to be the source of allergic reactions to equines.

The verb coepī, coepisse, which means " to have begun " or " began ", is another verb that lacks a present tense system, but it does not have present meaning.

Since bottled water processed with distillation or reverse osmosis lacks fluoride ions which are present in some natural ground water, it is possible that the drinking of distilled water may increase the risk of tooth decay due to a lack of this element now added to many water supplies.

* Acquired / situational: The man was previously sexually interested in his present partner but now lacks sexual interest in them but has desire for sexual stimulation ( i. e. alone or with someone other than his present partner.

* Acquired / generalized: The man previously had sexual interest in his present partner, but lacks interest in sexual activity, partnered or solitary.