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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| verb | / | Noun | 
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective | 
| direct object | x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| adverb | /x | Noun | 
| talking | /x | Verb | 
| word | / | Noun | 
| imperative | x/xx | Noun | 
| subject | x/ | Noun | 
| present tense | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| pointing | /x | Verb | 
| adverbial | x/xx | Noun | 
| infinitive | x/xx | Noun | 
| goal | / | Noun | 
| activity | x/xx | Noun | 
| ergative | /xx | Adjective | 
| adjective | /xx | Noun | 
| object | /x | Noun | 
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective | 
| achievement | x/x | Noun | 
| clause | / | Noun | 
| proposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| verbal | /x | Adjective | 
| passive | /x | Adjective | 
| objective | x/x | Noun | 
| verbiage | /xx | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| voice | / | Noun | 
| question | /x | Noun | 
| causal | /x | Adjective | 
| gerund | /x | Noun | 
| copula | /xx | Noun | 
| auxiliary | x/xx | Noun | 
| spacing | /x | Noun | 
| role | / | Noun | 
| modal | /x | Adjective | 
| predicate | /xx | Noun | 
| mode | / | Noun | 
| first person | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| sentence | /x | Noun | 
| tense | / | Noun | 
| deed | / | Noun | 
| quantifier | /xxx | Noun | 
| utterance | /xx | Noun | 
| article | /xx | Noun | 
| accomplishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| attribute | /xx | Noun | 
| write | / | Verb | 
| dative | /x | Noun | 
| participle | /xxx | Noun | 
| pronominal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| part of speech | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| phrase | / | Noun | 
| vocative | /xx | Noun | 
| resultative | x/xx | Adjective | 
| noun | / | Noun | 
| emotive | x/x | Adjective | 
| agentive | x/x | Noun | 
| possessive | x/x | Adjective | 
| conditional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| nominative | /xxx | Noun | 
| connective | x/x | Noun | 
| argument | /xx | Noun | 
| occurrence | x/x | Noun | 
| countable | /xx | Adjective | 
| iterative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| third person | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| preposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| conjunction | x/x | Noun | 
| preverbal | x/x | Adjective | 
| patient | /x | Noun | 
| progressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| conjugation | xx/x | Noun | 
| participial | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| absorption | x/x | Noun | 
| accusative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| acidification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| actio | /xx | Noun | 
| actionable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| actions | /x | Noun | 
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| activism | /xxx | Noun | 
| acton | /x | Name | 
| actuation | /x/x | Noun | 
| adjectival | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| adoption | x/x | Noun | 
| adventure | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| aeration | /xx | Noun | 
| affix | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| agency | /xx | Noun | 
| agenda | x/x | Noun | 
| aggression | x/x | Noun | 
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| application | xx/x | Noun | 
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| arrangements | x/x | Verb | 
| arrival | x/x | Noun | 
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| attributive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| behavior | x/x | Noun | 
| behaviour | x/x | Noun | 
| biz | / | Noun | 
| blitz | / | Noun, Verb | 
| blockade | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| busyness | //x | Noun | 
| called | / | Adjective | 
| camera | /xx | Noun | 
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| carrying out | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| centrifugation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| change | / | Noun, Verb | 
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| chromatography | xx/xx | Noun | 
| claim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clearance | /x | Noun | 
| clitic | /x | Noun | 
| clotting | /x | Noun | 
| clout | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coagulation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| cognizance | /xx | Noun | 
| coherent | x/x | Adjective | 
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| commitment | x/x | Noun | 
| complaint | x/ | Noun | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| conceived | x/ | Verb | 
| condensation | xx/x | Noun | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conflict | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| consultation | xx/x | Noun | 
| contingency | x/xx | Noun | 
| continuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| contribution | xx/x | Noun | 
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| convection | x/x | Noun | 
| counterclaim | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| countermeasures | /xxx | Noun | 
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| crackdown | /x | Noun | 
| curdling | /x | Noun | 
| dare | / | Verb, Noun | 
| decay | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| defence | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| defense | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| degree | x/ | Noun | 
| delivered | x/x | Adjective | 
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| denoting | x/x | Verb | 
| desorption | x/x | Noun | 
| determination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| diffusion | x/x | Noun | 
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| disposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dissolution | xx/x | Noun | 
| distillation | xx/x | Noun | 
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| drift | / | Noun, Verb | 
| duty | /x | Noun | 
| economy | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| effervescence | xx/x | Noun | 
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| electrophoresis | xxxxxx | Noun | 
| emphasizing | /xxx | Noun | 
| employment | x/x | Noun | 
| enactment | x/x | Noun | 
| encirclement | x/xx | Noun | 
| endeavour | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| energy | /xx | Noun | 
| enforcement | x/x | Noun | 
| engagement | x/x | Noun | 
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| equities | /xx | Noun | 
| eruption | x/x | Noun | 
| establishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| ew | / | Name | 
| exciting | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| execution | xx/x | Noun | 
| exercise | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| expresses | x/x | Verb | 
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| extinction | x/x | Noun | 
| extraction | x/x | Noun | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| feedback | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fight | / | Verb, Noun | 
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| filtration | x/x | Noun | 
| finite | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| flocculation | /x/x | Noun | 
| flow | / | Noun, Verb | 
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| followed | /x | Verb | 
| force | / | Noun, Verb | 
| formalized | /xx | Adjective | 
| fractionation | /x/x | Noun | 
| function | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| generalised | /xx | Adjective | 
| generalized | /xxx | Adjective | 
| geste | / | Noun | 
| gesture | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| grammar | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| grammatical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| guarantees | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| handling | /x | Noun | 
| hardening | /xx | Noun | 
| hire | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| holding | /x | Noun | 
| hostility | x/xx | Noun | 
| ignition | x/x | Noun | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| implementation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| inaction | x/x | Noun | 
