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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| foster | /x | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| surrogate | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| adopted | x/x | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| adoptee | x// | Noun |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| parents | /x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| intercountry | /x/x | Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| sibling | /x | Noun |
| noncustodial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unwed | x/ | Adjective |
| orphanage | /xx | Noun |
| child | / | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun |
| maternal | x/x | Adjective |
| parentage | /xx | Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| immigrant | /xx | Noun |
| infant | /x | Noun |
| stepfather | /xx | Noun |
| paternal | x/x | Noun |
| reunification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| foundling | /x | Noun |
| surrogacy | /xxx | Noun |
| newborn | /x | Adjective |
| estranged | x/ | Verb |
| birth | / | Noun |
| stepchildren | //x | Noun |
| caseworker | /xx | Noun |
| aunt | / | Noun |
| doting | /x | Adjective |
| related | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| developmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| apposite | xx | Adjective |
| relational | x/xx | Adjective |
| affiliated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| inborn | /x | Adjective |
| relative | /xx | Adjective |
| genealogical | xx/xxx | Name |
| correlative | /xxx | Adjective |
| incestuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| formal | /x | Adjective |
| assimilative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| marital | /xx | Adjective |
| holistic | x/x | Adjective |
| patristic | x/x | Noun |
| genetic | x/x | Adjective |
| anthropological | xxx/xx | Name |
| reproductive | xx/x | Noun |
| immunotherapy | xxx/xx | Noun |
| sonship | /x | Noun |
| parenthood | /xx | Noun |
| placements | /x | Noun |
| filiation | xx/x | Noun |
| mom | / | Noun |
| transfer | x/ | Noun |
| applicants | /xx | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| home | / | Noun |
| immunization | xxx/x | Noun |
| caesar | /x | Name |
| couple | /x | Noun |
| immunity | x/xx | Noun |
| grandfather | /xx | Noun |
| dad | / | Noun |
| grandmother | /xx | Noun |
| masonry | /xx | Noun |
| grandson | /x | Noun |
| emperors | /xx | Noun |
| admissions | x/x | Noun |
| son | / | Noun |
| kin | / | Noun |
| daughter | /x | Noun |
| brothers | /x | Noun |
| homeland | /x | Noun |
| heir | / | Noun |
| sisters | /x | Noun |
| uncle | /x | Noun |
| nursing | /x | Noun |
| recipients | x/xx | Noun |
| experiments | x/xx | Noun |
| leave | / | Noun |
| status | /x | Noun |
| criminality | xx/xx | Noun |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| biracial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| boarders | /x | Noun |
| carers | /x | Noun |
| caretakers | /xx | Noun |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| dependents | x/x | Noun |
| divorced | x/ | Adjective |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| fillers | /x | Noun |
| grandchildren | /xx | Noun |
| homemakers | /xx | Noun |
| lessees | x/ | Noun |
| lodgers | /x | Noun |
| majors | /x | Noun |
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| mates | / | Noun, Adjective |
| monogamous | x/xx | Adjective |
| native | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| neglectful | x/x | Adjective |
| occupants | /xx | Noun |
| overprotective | xxx/x | Adjective |
| stepfamily | //xx | Noun |
| teenage | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| trustees | x/ | Noun |
| unmarried | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
