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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| contrarian | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| up against | /x/ | Phrase |
| unconventional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| opposing | x/x | Verb |
| set against | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| unorthodox | x/xx | Adjective |
| asymmetrical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| opposition | xx/x | Noun |
| antisymmetric | xxx/x | Adjective |
| counterintuitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| countercurrent | /x/x | Noun |
| gainst | / | Noun |
| antiparallel | x//xx | Adjective |
| countervailing | /xxx | Noun |
| horizontally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| contrasting | x/x | Noun |
| asymmetries | x/xx | Noun |
| asymmetric | xx/x | Adjective |
| nontraditional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nonconventional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nonconformist | xx/x | Noun |
| dissenting | x/x | Noun |
| sideways | /x | Adverb |
| rebellious | x/x | Adjective |
| unsymmetrical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| contravening | /x/x | Verb |
| counterclockwise | xx/x | Noun |
| countercultural | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nonconformity | xx/xx | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| adversity | x/xx | Noun |
| defying | x/x | Verb |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deviance | /xx | Noun |
| transversely | x/x | Adverb |
| resistance | x/x | Noun |
| intentionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| nonconforming | xx/x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| transgressive | x/x | Adjective |
| juxtaposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| idiosyncrasies | xxx/xx | Noun |
| turn against | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| perpendicular | xx/xx | Adjective |
| anticlockwise | xx/x | Adjective |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective |
| eccentricity | xx/xx | Noun |
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun |
| contradistinction | /xx/x | Noun |
| contradicting | xx/x | Verb |
| resisting | x/x | Verb |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| according | x/x | Adjective, Adverb |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| admissions | x/x | Noun |
| adoptees | x// | Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| aimed | / | Adjective |
| alcohol | /xx | Noun |
| ali | /x | Name |
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| alleviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| amaranth | /xx | Noun |
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| anglo | /x | Name |
| anthems | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| aunts | / | Noun |
| avoid | x/ | Verb |
| ban | / | Noun, Verb |
| barley | /x | Noun |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bean | / | Noun, Verb |
| beards | / | Noun |
| beet | / | Noun, Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| blouses | /x | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| branched | / | Adjective |
| bread | / | Noun, Verb |
| buckwheat | /x | Noun |
| bunches | /x | Noun |
| canola | x/x | Noun |
| cargo | /x | Noun |
| cars | / | Noun |
| cereal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chaff | / | Noun, Verb |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| coated | /x | Adjective |
| coke | / | Noun, Verb |
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb |
| compared | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| confront | x/ | Verb |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| contend | x/ | Verb |
| contra | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| corn | / | Noun, Verb |
| cotton | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| counter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| crop | / | Noun, Verb |
| curb | / | Noun, Verb |
| despite | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| directed | x/x | Adjective |
| disapprove | xx/ | Verb |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distillery | x/xx | Noun |
| dough | / | Noun, Verb |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| during | /x | Noun |
| elevator | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb |
| elimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| endanger | x/x | Verb |
| enemy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| eradicate | x/xx | Verb |
| established | x/x | Adjective |
| ethyl | /x | Noun |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| eyes | / | Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| feed | / | Noun, Verb |
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| food | / | Noun |
| for | / | Noun |
| force | / | Noun, Verb |
| fours | / | Noun |
| fourth | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| fruit | / | Noun, Verb |
| function | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gaze | / | Noun, Verb |
| grade | / | Noun, Verb |
| grained | / | Adjective |
| granule | /x | Noun |
| grass | / | Noun, Verb |
| greenhouses | /xx | Noun |
| grist | / | Noun, Verb |
| grit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hand | / | Noun, Verb |
| handling | /x | Noun |
| has | / | Noun |
| hay | / | Noun, Verb |
| hazards | /x | Noun |
| hint | / | Noun, Verb |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| imam | /x | Noun |
| into | x/ | Noun |
| introduces | xx/x | Verb |
| kernel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| kerosene | /xx | Noun |
| lean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| liang | / | Name |
| light | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| litter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| lumber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| made | / | Noun |
| maize | / | Noun |
| malt | / | Noun, Verb |
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| meal | / | Noun, Verb |
| mesh | / | Noun, Verb |
| millet | /x | Noun |
| milligram | /xx | Noun |
| mole | / | Noun |
| mot | / | Noun |
| nad | / | Name |
| namely | /x | Adverb |
| nays | / | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| oat | / | Noun |
| oatmeal | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| object | /x | Noun, Verb |
| objection | x/x | Noun |
| odds | / | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| oil | / | Noun, Verb |
| one | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| paddy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| parables | /xx | Adjective |
| pebble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pill | / | Noun, Verb |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| poultry | /x | Noun |
| prevent | x/ | Verb |
| prevention | x/x | Noun |
| pro | / | Adjective, Noun |
| prohibit | x/x | Verb |
| prohibition | xx/x | Noun |
| protested | x/x | Verb |
| pulse | / | Noun, Verb |
| railway | /x | Noun |
