without

without

dated, colloquial Unless. Used as a conjunction to introduce a clause, rather than as a preposition. Primarily heard in US. Don't even bother asking without you can prove the plan'll work! But how can you buy the land, without you have the money to buy it with?

without number

So numerous as to be uncountable. There will be times without number when you are up at night trying to calm a crying child, who for the life of you has nothing wrong with them but an inherent need to cry. As we crested the hill, the redolent scent of wildflowers without number came on so strong as to nearly overwhelm us.
See also: number, without
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

without

/beyond number
Too many to be counted; countless: mosquitoes without number.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See:
  • (one) won't give up without a fight
  • (there's) no rose without a thorn
  • (there's) no show without Punch
  • a man without a smiling face must not open a shop
  • a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
  • a rebel without a cause
  • absent without leave
  • bat an eyelash
  • bat an eyelid
  • be lost without (someone or something)
  • be up a/the creek (without a paddle)
  • be up the creek without a paddle
  • be without equal
  • be/feel lost without somebody/something
  • beyond (a) doubt
  • beyond a doubt
  • beyond compare
  • beyond comparison
  • beyond number
  • beyond question
  • beyond the/a shadow of (a) doubt
  • beyond/without a shadow of doubt
  • beyond/without compare
  • beyond/without price
  • beyond/without question
  • can't live with them, can't live without them
  • carry on without
  • carry on without (someone or something)
  • could do without (something)
  • could/can do without something
  • cut (one) off without a penny
  • cut off without a penny
  • day in, day out, every day without fail
  • disappear without (a) trace
  • do something without stint
  • do without
  • do without (someone or something)
  • feel lost without (someone or something)
  • find (oneself) without (someone or something)
  • find oneself without
  • get along
  • get along without
  • go off without a hitch
  • go without
  • go without saying
  • goes without saying
  • goes without saying, it/that
  • Hamlet without the prince
  • handle (someone or something) without gloves
  • handle with gloves
  • I won't give up without a fight
  • it goes without saying
  • leg to stand on, doesn't have a/not a/without a
  • let he that is without sin cast the first stone
  • let he who is without sin cast the first stone
  • let him that is without sin cast the first stone
  • let him who is without sin cast the first stone
  • live without
  • lost without
  • lost without (someone or something)
  • lost without a cause
  • make bricks without straw
  • make do
  • manage without
  • manage without (someone or something)
  • may the Force be without you
  • neither rhyme nor reason
  • never a rose without a/the prick
  • no doubt
  • no gain without pain
  • no rose without a thorn
  • no smoke without fire
  • no smoke without fire, there's
  • not a moment to spare
  • prophet is not without honor save in his own country
  • rebel without a cause
  • reckon without
  • reckon without (one's) host
  • reckon without (someone or something)
  • rhyme or reason, no
  • sink without (a) trace
  • sink without trace
  • sink, vanish, etc. without trace
  • there is no pleasure without pain
  • There's no rose without a thorn
  • there's no smoke without fire
  • turn a hair, not
  • turning a hair, not/without
  • up a creek
  • up a/the creek (without a paddle)
  • up the creek without a paddle
  • up the river
  • vanish without (a) trace
  • with no strings attached
  • With or without?
  • without
  • without (even) batting an eye
  • without (even) batting an eyelash
  • without (even) blinking an eye
  • without (so much as) a by-your-leave
  • without a backward glance
  • without a by your leave
  • without a care in the world
  • without a doubt
  • without a hitch
  • without a leg to stand on
  • without a moment to spare
  • without a murmur
  • without a second thought
  • without a shadow of a doubt
  • without a shot being fired
  • without a stitch of clothes (on)
  • without a stitch of clothing (on)
  • without a stitch on
  • without any strings attached
  • without batting an eye
  • without blinking an eye
  • without breaking (one's) stride
  • without breaking stride
  • without ceremony
  • without compare
  • without demur
  • without doubt
  • without exception
  • without fail
  • without fear or favor
  • without fear or favour
  • without flinching
  • without further ado
  • without further/more ado
  • without half trying
  • without let or hindrance
  • without letup
  • without missing a beat
  • without much ado
  • without number
  • without prejudice
  • without provocation
  • without question
  • without reserve
  • without rhyme or reason
  • without skipping a beat
  • without so much as
  • without so much as (doing) (something)
  • without so much as doing
  • without so much as something/as doing something
  • without stint
  • without tears
  • without the/a shadow of (a) doubt
  • without turning a hair
  • without/beyond doubt
  • work without a net
  • world without end
  • You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs
  • You cannot make bricks without straw
  • you can't live with them, you can't live without them
  • you can't make an omelet without breaking (a few) eggs
  • you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs
  • you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs
  • you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
  • you can't make bricks without straw
  • you can't spell (something) without (something else)
References in classic literature
No, no, you will proceed into this small vaulted room, and through this into several others, without perceiving anything very remarkable in either.
Catherine, recollecting herself, grew ashamed of her eagerness, and began earnestly to assure him that her attention had been fixed without the smallest apprehension of really meeting with what he related.
But so low did the building stand, that she found herself passing through the great gates of the lodge into the very grounds of Northanger, without having discerned even an antique chimney.
Northanger Abbey
de la Fere, without accenting his words more strongly, but with a rather severer look.
"I cannot answer you without understanding you very well, and if I have understood you, you will take my first words in ill part.
I had desired you to avoid Mademoiselle de la Valliere, and not to see her without my permission.
Ten Years Later
When I hear this oracular sentence, I am for a moment absorbed in thought, emphasizing to myself each word separately that I may come at the meaning of it, that I may find out by what degree of consanguinity They are related to me, and what authority they may have in an affair which affects me so nearly; and, finally, I am inclined to answer her with equal mystery, and without any more emphasis of the "they" -- "It is true, they did not make them so recently, but they do now." Of what use this measuring of me if she does not measure my character, but only the breadth of my shoulders, as it were a peg to bang the coat on?
As for a Shelter, I will not deny that this is now a necessary of life, though there are instances of men having done without it for long periods in colder countries than this.
It would be well, perhaps, if we were to spend more of our days and nights without any obstruction between us and the celestial bodies, if the poet did not speak so much from under a roof, or the saint dwell there so long.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
It was necessary to give the reader this information, without which he would be at the same loss with me to understand the proceedings of these people, as they conducted me up the stairs to the top of the island, and from thence to the royal palace.
His majesty took not the least notice of us, although our entrance was not without sufficient noise, by the concourse of all persons belonging to the court.
On the second morning, about eleven o'clock, the king himself in person, attended by his nobility, courtiers, and officers, having prepared all their musical instruments, played on them for three hours without intermission, so that I was quite stunned with the noise; neither could I possibly guess the meaning, till my tutor informed me.
Gullivers Travels
To return to the course of the Nile: its waters, after the first rise, run to the eastward for about a musket-shot, then turning to the north, continue hidden in the grass and weeds for about a quarter of a league, and discover themselves for the first time among some rocks--a sight not to be enjoyed without some pleasure by those who have read the fabulous accounts of this stream delivered by the ancients, and the vain conjectures and reasonings which have been formed upon its original, the nature of its water, its cataracts, and its inundations, all which we are now entirely acquainted with and eye-witnesses of.
Fifteen miles farther, in the land of Alata, it rushes precipitately from the top of a high rock, and forms one of the most beautiful water-falls in the world: I passed under it without being wet; and resting myself there, for the sake of the coolness, was charmed with a thousand delightful rainbows, which the sunbeams painted on the water in all their shining and lively colours.
In the year 1615, Rassela Christos, lieutenant-general to Sultan Segued, entered those kingdoms with his army in a hostile manner; but being able to get no intelligence of the condition of the people, and astonished at their unbounded extent, he returned, without daring to attempt anything.
Voyage to Abyssinia