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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| antique | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| old | / | Noun, Adjective |
| past | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| prehistoric | xx/x | Noun |
| antiquity | x/xx | Noun |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| medieval | x/x | Noun |
| modern | /x | Noun |
| mediaeval | /xx/x | Name |
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| primeval | x/x | Adjective |
| sacred | /x | Adjective |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| contemporary | x/xxx | Noun |
| traditional | x/xx | Adjective |
| mystical | /xx | Adjective |
| olden | /x | Name |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective |
| relic | /x | Noun |
| historic | x/x | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| extant | /x | Adjective |
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective |
| bygone | /x | Adjective |
| classical | /xx | Adjective |
| mesopotamian | xxx/xx | Name |
| minoan | x/x | Name |
| mythological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hoary | /x | Adjective |
| premodern | x/x | Noun |
| atlantean | x/x | Name |
| hellenistic | xx/x | Name |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| archaeological | xxx/xx | Name |
| antiquary | /xxx | Noun |
| antiquarian | /x/xx | Noun |
| secular | /xx | Adjective |
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Name |
| originary | x/xxx | Noun |
| native | /x | Noun |
| retro | /x | Noun |
| senile | /x | Noun |
| grand | / | Noun |
| classic | /x | Noun |
| legendary | /xxx | Adjective |
| generational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| pristine | /x | Noun |
| elite | x/ | Noun |
| original | x/xx | Adjective |
| sophistic | x/x | Name |
| circular | /xx | Adjective |
| epic | /x | Noun |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| precolonial | xx/xx | Noun |
| initial | x/x | Adjective |
| veteran | /xx | Noun |
| good | / | Adjective |
| elemental | xx/x | Adjective |
| vintage | /x | Noun |
| primal | /x | Adjective |
| outside | // | Noun |
| centennial | x/xx | Noun |
| authentic | x/x | Adjective |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| young | / | Adjective |
| ceremonial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| outlandish | x/x | Adjective |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective |
| epochal | /xx | Adjective |
| living | /x | Noun |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| extraterrestrial | xxx/xx | Noun |
| generous | /xx | Adjective |
| patrimonial | /xxx | Noun |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| hebrews | /x | Name |
| egyptians | x/x | Name |
| egypt | /x | Name |
| babylonians | xx/xx | Name |
| greece | / | Name |
| sparta | /x | Name |
| greeks | / | Name |
| rome | / | Name |
| babylonia | xx/xx | Name |
| texts | / | Verb |
| maya | /x | Name |
| babylon | /xx | Name |
| persians | /x | Name |
| athens | /x | Name |
| israelites | /xx | Name |
| mesopotamia | xxx/xx | Name |
| romans | /x | Name |
| israel | /xx | Name |
| troy | / | Name |
| persia | /x | Name |
| mariner | /xx | Noun |
| orient | /xx | Name |
| celts | / | Name |
| east | / | Name |
| aryans | /xx | Name |
| civilisations | x/x/x | Noun |
| britons | /x | Name |
| palestine | /xx | Name |
| civilizations | xxx/x | Noun |
| sages | /x | Noun |
| seers | / | Noun |
| carving | /x | Verb |
| saying | /x | Verb |
| india | /xx | Name |
| ruins | /x | Noun |
| hatreds | /x | Noun |
| peru | x/ | Name |
| mythologies | x/xx | Noun |
| custom | /x | Noun |
| monument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| revered | x/ | Verb |
| china | /x | Name |
| judaism | /xxx | Name |
| glories | /x | Noun |
| iran | x/ | Name |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| hindus | /x | Name |
| astronomers | x/xx | Noun |
| lore | / | Noun |
| scriptures | /x | Noun |
| rabbis | /x | Noun |
| mexicans | /xx | Name |
| tombs | / | Noun |
| myths | / | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| prophecies | /xx | Noun |
| chinese | x/ | Name |
| superstitions | xx/x | Noun |
| legends | /x | Noun |
| oaks | / | Noun |
| manuscripts | /xx | Noun |
| chronicles | /xx | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| temples | /x | Noun |
| philosophers | x/xx | Noun |
| astronomy | x/xx | Noun |
| ireland | /xx | Name |
| castle | /x | Noun |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| homeland | /x | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun |
| goddess | /x | Noun |
| mysteries | /xx | Noun |
| kings | / | Noun |
| synagogue | /xx | Noun |
| well | / | Adverb |
| fortress | /x | Noun |
| alt | / | Noun, Adjective |
| alumni | x/x | Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| antigua | x/x | Name |
| astronomical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| books | / | Noun |
| canaanite | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| chaldean | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| citizen | /xx | Noun |
| columbian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| conquest | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cuba | /x | Name |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| dude | / | Noun, Verb |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| elderly | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| elizabethan | xxx/x | Name, Adjective |
| erstwhile | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| existing | x/x | Adjective |
| filter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| formerly | /xx | Adverb |
| germanic | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| governed | /x | Noun |
| hereabouts | /xx | Adverb |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| immemorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inca | /x | Name |
| indic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ironworks | /xx | Noun |
| koo | / | Name |
| legacy | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| longtime | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| marbled | /x | Adjective |
| millennia | x/xx | Adjective |
| millennial | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| miniatures | /xxx | Noun |
| monumental | xx/x | Adjective |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| obsolete | xx/ | Adjective, Verb |
| operas | /x | Noun |
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| outdated | /xx | Adjective |
| paintings | /x | Noun |
| patriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| pharaonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pictures | /x | Noun |
| prestigious | x/x | Adjective |
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| protracted | x/x | Adjective |
| pyramid | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| remote | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| rusty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sonatas | x/x | Verb |
| stale | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sumerian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| woodcuts | /x | Noun |
| works | / | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
