2011_12_22 calvous \KAL-vuhs\, adjective: bald.

calvous \KAL-vuhs\, adjective:
Lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
The wit's voluminous neckerchief unraveled and slipped to the mold, and the spangled silver wig fell from the telltale calvous head.
 -- D. M. Cornish, Lamplighter
Admittedly most old, bloated, calvous Germans could double for me, and even if he hadn't been doppelganger material, with the beard I had started growing and the two black eyes, you'd need x-rays to spot the difference.
 -- Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang
Calvous is derived from the Latin word calvus which meant simply “bald.”