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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| accident | /xx | Noun, Noun | 
| casualty | /xxx | Noun | 
| one of those things | //// | Phrase, Noun | 
| misfortune | x/x | Noun | 
| mishap | /x | Noun | 
| misadventure | xx/x | Noun | 
| occupational hazard | xx/xx/x | Name, Name | 
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| bad luck | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| disaster | x/x | Noun | 
| fault | / | Noun | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective | 
| child | / | Noun | 
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective | 
| accidental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun | 
| narrow escape | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| consequence | /xx | Noun | 
| illegitimate | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| cause | / | Noun | 
| weird | / | Adjective | 
| predicament | x/xx | Noun | 
| fatal | /x | Adjective | 
| harm | / | Noun | 
| unexpected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| irony | /xx | Noun | 
| stillborn | // | Adjective | 
| stumbling block | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| bar sinister | //xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| abortive | x/x | Adjective | 
| fate | / | Noun | 
| tragic flaw | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun | 
| random | /x | Noun | 
| side effect | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| calamity | x/xx | Noun | 
| surprising | x/x | Adjective | 
| problem | /x | Noun | 
| reverse | x/ | Noun | 
| disability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| anecdote | /xx | Noun | 
| trouble | /x | Noun | 
| injury | /xx | Noun | 
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| handicap | /xx | Noun | 
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun | 
| tough luck | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| hazard | /x | Noun | 
| pitfall | /x | Noun | 
| bad blood | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun | 
| disaster waiting to happen | x/x/x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| issue | /x | Noun | 
| freak of nature | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| avoidable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| minor miracle | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| dead loss | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| unknown | x/ | Adjective | 
| thing | / | Noun | 
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun | 
| downside | /x | Noun | 
| damnum absque injuria | /xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| hitch | / | Noun | 
| damage | /x | Noun | 
| premature | xx/ | Adjective | 
| penalty | /xx | Noun | 
| deformity | x/xx | Noun | 
| mischief | /x | Noun | 
| matter | /x | Noun | 
| false alarm | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| scar | / | Noun | 
| awkward | /x | Adjective | 
| infamy | /xx | Noun | 
| hell or high water | ////x | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective | 
| waif | / | Noun | 
| unknown quantity | x//xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| spot | / | Noun | 
| wrong number | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| rude awakening | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| portent | /x | Noun | 
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| mixed bag | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| outside chance | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| disease | x/ | Noun | 
| blemish | /x | Noun | 
| peril | /x | Noun | 
| corner | /x | Noun | 
| insult | x/ | Noun | 
| unpredictable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| poisoned chalice | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| fiasco | x/x | Noun | 
| debacle | x/x | Noun | 
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| peradventure | /x/x | Noun | 
| defect | /x | Noun | 
| blind spot | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| demerit | x/x | Noun | 
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective | 
| scandal | /x | Noun | 
| setback | /x | Noun | 
| innocent | /xx | Adjective | 
| drawback | /x | Noun | 
| bad seed | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| bad hair day | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| misfit | /x | Noun | 
| contraindication | x/x/x | Noun | 
| amiss | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| unfairness | x/x | Noun | 
| admittance | x/x | Noun | 
| advent | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective | 
| adversity | x/xx | Noun | 
| age | / | Noun, Verb | 
| alarming | x/x | Adjective | 
| ambulance | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| ancestry | /xx | Noun | 
| appearance | x/x | Noun | 
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| archaeological | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| arrival | x/x | Noun | 
| ascension | x/x | Noun | 
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| auspicious | x/x | Adjective | 
| authenticated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| author | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| axe | / | Noun, Verb | 
| babies | /x | Verb | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| barn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| begin | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| bender | /x | Name | 
| biologic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| birthday | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| birthing | /x | Noun | 
| birthmark | /x | Noun | 
| birthplace | /x | Noun | 
| birthrate | /x | Noun | 
| birthright | /x | Noun | 
| blast | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bloodline | /x | Noun | 
| blunder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| brooding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bud | / | Noun, Verb | 
| burial | /xx | Noun | 
| calendrical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| calving | /x | Noun | 
| captured | /x | Adjective | 
| car | / | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| childbearing | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| childbirth | /x | Noun | 
| christmas | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| circumstance | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun | 
| collision | x/x | Noun | 
| compensable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| compensation | xx/x | Noun | 
| complaint | x/ | Noun | 
| confinement | x/x | Noun | 
| confirmatory | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| congenital | x/xx | Adjective | 
| contingency | x/xx | Noun | 
| contraception | xx/x | Noun | 
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| cradle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| created | x/x | Verb | 
| creation | x/x | Noun | 
| crime | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cripple | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| date | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| deliverance | x/xx | Noun | 
| delivery | x/xx | Noun | 
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dent | / | Noun, Verb | 
| depression | x/x | Noun | 
| depth | / | Noun | 
| derailment | x/x | Noun | 
| descent | x/ | Noun | 
| detailed | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective | 
| disgrace | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| drop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dying | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| emergence | x/x | Noun | 
| emergency | x/xx | Noun | 
| englishmen | x/x | Name | 
| episode | /xx | Noun | 
| error | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| establishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| ethnographic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| existence | x/x | Noun | 
| explosion | x/x | Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| farrow | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| fatality | x/xx | Noun | 
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fecundity | x/xx | Noun | 
| fertility | x/xx | Noun | 
| filiation | xx/x | Noun | 
| firsthand | x/ | Adjective, Adverb | 
| fluke | / | Noun, Verb | 
| foal | / | Noun, Verb | 
| formation | x/x | Noun | 
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| founding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| generator | /xxx | Noun | 
| genesis | /xx | Noun | 
| gestation | x/x | Noun | 
| give birth | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| giving birth | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| good luck | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| hap | / | Name, Verb | 
| happened | /x | Verb | 
| happenstance | /xx | Noun | 
| hatch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| have | / | Verb, Noun | 
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| hospital | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hygiene | /x | Noun | 
| incarnation | x//x | Noun | 
| inception | x/x | Noun | 
| incident | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| incubation | xx/x | Noun | 
| incurred | x/ | Verb | 
| infancy | /xx | Noun | 
| infant | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| injured | /x | Adjective | 
| innate | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| introduction | xx/x | Noun | 
| jesus | /x | Name, Verb | 
| king | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kitten | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| labor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| labour | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lamb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lamp | / | Noun, Verb | 
| launch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| laying | /x | Noun | 
| life | / | Noun, Verb | 
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| lineage | /xx | Noun | 
| litter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| lucky | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| malformation | xx/x | Noun | 
