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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| american indian | x/xx/xx | Name, Name, Adjective |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| articulated | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| austronesian | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| banana | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| basque | / | Name, Adjective |
| beneficiary | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| berth | / | Noun, Verb |
| bibles | /x | Noun |
| bilge | / | Noun, Verb |
| bilingual | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| blunder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| booklet | /x | Noun |
| bottoms | /x | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| breakup | /x | Noun |
| breast | / | Noun, Verb |
| brochure | x/ | Noun |
| called | / | Adjective |
| camisole | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| caucasian | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| cheek | / | Noun, Verb |
| chemise | x/ | Noun |
| clapper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| contingent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| corns | / | Noun |
| cramp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crawl | / | Verb, Noun |
| creep | / | Verb, Noun |
| creole | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| displacement | x/x | Noun |
| dive | / | Noun, Verb |
| dock | / | Noun, Verb |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| drag | / | Verb, Noun |
| dravidian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| dress | / | Noun, Verb |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| driveway | /x | Noun |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| drop off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| eases | /x | Verb, Noun |
| eat | / | Verb, Noun |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| elude | x/ | Verb |
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| epiphytic | x//x | Adjective, Noun |
| equipotential | x/x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| err | / | Verb |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| escape | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| evade | x/ | Verb |
| evidence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| expire | x/ | Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| faux pas | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| feather | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fitted | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| flash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| flee | / | Verb |
| flicker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flicking | /x | Noun |
| flip | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| fluff | / | Noun, Verb |
| flyer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| folio | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| girth | / | Noun, Verb |
| glide | / | Verb, Noun |
| goof | / | Noun, Verb |
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| gutter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gymnastic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| handout | /x | Noun |
| hangar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| holding | /x | Noun |
| hole | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| homogenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| horizontal | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| infiltrate | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| insert | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| interlanguage | /x/x | Noun |
| kindergarten | /xxx | Noun |
| kiss | / | Noun, Verb |
| knife | / | Noun, Verb |
| landed | /x | Adjective |
| landslide | /x | Noun, Verb |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| langue | / | Noun |
| lap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| leaf | / | Noun, Verb |
| leaflet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lens | / | Noun, Verb |
| lick | / | Verb, Noun |
| lid | / | Noun, Verb |
| lightly | /x | Adverb |
| lingua | /x | Noun |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| lips | / | Noun, Verb |
| list | / | Noun, Verb |
| lit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| load | / | Noun, Verb |
| lock | / | Noun, Verb |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| lug | / | Noun, Verb |
| mandarin | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| margin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| maternity | x/xx | Noun |
| medium | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| metering | /xx | Noun |
| minority | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| mint | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| monolingual | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mooring | /x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mother tongue | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mould | / | Noun, Verb |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| mouthpiece | /x | Noun |
| multicultural | xx/xx | Adjective |
| muscle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| native | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| natural language | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| oar | / | Noun, Verb |
| palate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pamphlet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pancake | /x | Noun, Verb |
| panhandle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| papuan | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| parlance | /x | Noun |
| pass | / | Verb, Noun |
| patch | / | Noun, Verb |
| pebble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pen | / | Noun, Verb |
| petticoat | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| phonetics | x/x | Noun |
| pier | / | Noun |
| pillowcase | //x | Noun |
| pink | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| plastic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| plunge | / | Verb, Noun |
| preschool | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| preservice | x/x | Adjective |
| puddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| race | / | Noun, Verb |
| ramp | / | Noun, Verb |
| recipient | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| reduced | x/ | Adjective |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| regimented | /xxx | Adjective |
| relapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| retreat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| return | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ribbon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| roll | / | Noun, Verb |
| rout | / | Noun, Verb |
| ruffle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| rupture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sag | / | Noun, Verb |
| sail | / | Noun, Verb |
| schedule | /x | Noun, Verb |
| service | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sheet | / | Noun, Verb |
| shift | / | Noun, Verb |
| shimmy | /x | Verb, Noun |
| shoulder strap | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sideways | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| silence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sink | / | Noun, Verb |
| skate | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| skid | / | Noun, Verb |
| skirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| slashes | /x | Noun, Verb |
| slew | / | Noun, Verb |
| slick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| slide | / | Noun, Verb |
| slip up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| slipped | / | Adjective |
| slivers | /x | Noun |
| slop | / | Noun, Verb |
| slowdown | /x | Noun |
| slump | / | Noun, Verb |
| sneak | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| spend | / | Verb, Noun |
| spill | / | Noun, Verb |
| spin | / | Noun, Verb |
| spit | / | Verb, Noun |
| splay | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| squeeze | / | Verb, Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stay | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| steal | / | Verb, Noun |
| stick | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| stocking | /x | Noun |
| strap | / | Noun, Verb |
| streak | / | Noun, Verb |
| strip | / | Noun, Verb |
| stumble | /x | Verb, Noun |
| summary | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| supervised | /xx | Adjective |
| support | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| swipe | / | Noun, Verb |
| symmetry | /xx | Noun |
| tab | / | Noun, Verb |
| talk | / | Verb, Noun |
| tape | / | Noun, Verb |
| taste | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| tax | / | Noun, Verb |
| teeth | / | Noun, Verb |
| thread | / | Noun, Verb |
| tie | / | Noun, Verb |
| tip | / | Noun, Verb |
| tooled | / | Adjective |
| trail | / | Noun, Verb |
| transversal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| trip | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| trip up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tumble | /x | Verb, Noun |
| underwear | /xx | Noun |
| undistorted | xx/x | Adjective |
| voice | / | Noun, Verb |
| voucher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| warp | / | Noun, Verb |
| wet | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wharf | / | Noun, Verb |
| whistle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| word | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrapper | /x | Noun |
