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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| floating | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| adrift | x/ | Noun, Adverb |
| waterborne | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| sailing | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adjective |
| drifting | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| awash | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| inundated | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| flooded | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| overflowing | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| full | / | Noun, Adverb |
| aimless | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| purposeless | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| undirected | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| at sea | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| submerged | x/ | Adjective, Adjective |
| aground | x/ | Adverb, Adverb |
| floundering | /xx | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| kept | / | Verb |
| survive | x/ | Verb |
| ashore | x/ | Adverb |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| prospering | /xx | Verb |
| sustain | x/ | Verb |
| churning | /x | Noun |
| anchored | /x | Verb |
| bailing | /x | Noun |
| thrive | / | Verb |
| buoyant | /x | Adjective |
| intact | x/ | Adjective |
| remain | x/ | Verb |
| subsist | x/ | Verb |
| reeling | /x | Verb |
| aloft | x/ | Adverb |
| entertained | xx/ | Verb |
| ebbing | /x | Noun |
| maintain | x/ | Verb |
| steadying | /xx | Noun |
| abreast | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| shored | / | Verb |
| occupied | /xx | Verb |
| stays | / | Noun |
| drowning | /x | Noun |
| dwindling | /xx | Noun |
| stabilize | /xx | Verb |
| perpetually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| torpedoed | x/x | Verb |
| moored | / | Verb |
| collapsing | x/x | Verb |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| bankrupt | /x | Adjective |
| flourished | /x | Verb |
| propel | x/ | Verb |
| bobbing | /x | Noun |
| roiling | /x | Adjective |
| scuttled | /x | Verb |
| steered | / | Verb |
| marooned | x/ | Verb |
| stagnating | /xx | Verb |
| plunging | /x | Verb |
| embroiled | x/ | Verb |
| revive | x/ | Verb |
| subsidize | /xx | Verb |
| mired | / | Verb |
| resuscitated | x/xxx | Verb |
| extricate | /xx | Verb |
| propping | /x | Verb |
| ensconced | x/ | Verb |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| buffeted | x/ | Verb |
| running | /x | Verb |
| engaged | x/ | Verb |
| indefinitely | x/xxx | Adverb |
| cope | / | Verb |
| disintegrating | x/xxx | Noun |
| profitable | /xxx | Adjective |
| striving | /x | Noun |
| grounded | /x | Verb |
| flailing | /x | Verb |
| swamped | / | Verb |
| evaporating | x/xxx | Verb |
| tethered | /x | Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| underwrite | /xx | Verb |
| fend | / | Verb |
| succeeded | x/x | Verb |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| endeavoring | x/xx | Verb |
| replenished | x/x | Verb |
| helping | /x | Verb |
| enmeshed | x/ | Verb |
| clung | / | Verb |
| laboring | /xx | Noun |
| rolling | /x | Noun |
| hold | / | Noun |
| stable | /x | Adjective |
| lifeline | /x | Noun |
| faring | /x | Adjective |
| operating | /xxx | Noun |
| continually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| under weigh | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| aboard | x/ | Adverb |
| offshore | // | Noun |
| on board | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| off and on | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| upriver | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| fore and aft | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| onboard | /x | Adjective |
| overboard | /xx | Adverb |
| coastwise | /x | Noun |
| inshore | // | Adjective |
| room | / | Noun |
| overseas | /x/ | Name |
| downriver | x/x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| full and by | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| warship | /x | Noun |
| steamship | /x | Noun |
| freighters | /x | Noun |
| battleship | /xx | Noun |
| liner | /x | Noun |
| rumours | xx | Noun |
| rumors | /x | Noun |
| finest | /x | Adjective |
| largest | /x | Adjective |
| spokesman | /x | Noun |
| ships | / | Noun |
| financially | x/xx | Adverb |
| amidships | x/x | Adverb |
| archway | /x | Noun |
| bandages | /xx | Noun |
| bands | / | Noun |
| beak | / | Noun, Verb |
| beams | / | Noun, Verb |
| blinds | / | Verb |
| chute | / | Noun, Verb |
| dominoes | /xx | Noun |
| flints | / | Noun |
| fluently | /xx | Adverb |
| garters | /x | Noun |
| groceries | /xx | Noun |
| lashes | /x | Noun |
| nuggets | /x | Noun |
| sea | / | Noun |
| sunken | /x | Adjective |
| thong | / | Noun |
| treads | / | Noun, Verb |
| tyres | /x | Noun |
| warp | / | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| southend | /x | Name |
