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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| dictum | /x | Noun |
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| motto | /x | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| watchword | /x | Noun |
| quoting | /x | Verb |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| exemplum | x/x | Noun |
| statement | /x | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| word | / | Noun |
| wordplay | /x | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| turn of phrase | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| postulate | /xx | Noun |
| lemma | /x | Noun |
| acrostic | x/x | Noun |
| figure of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| note | / | Noun |
| incipit | x/x | Noun |
| anagram | /xx | Noun |
| encomium | x/xx | Noun |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| citation | x/x | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| rhyme | / | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| ekphrasis | //xx | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun |
| last word | // | Phrase, Noun |
| topos | /x | Noun |
| parol | xx | Noun |
| exemplification | x/xx/x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| exemplar | x/x | Noun |
| theorem | /x | Noun |
| affirmation | xx/x | Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| the long and short | x/// | Phrase, Noun |
| metonymy | x/xx | Noun |
| avowal | x/x | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| syllable | /xx | Noun |
| contradiction in terms | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| designation | xx/x | Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun |
| façon de parler | xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| pericope | xx/ | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| title | /x | Noun |
| general | /xx | Noun |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| rhyme or reason | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| pronominal | x/xx | Adjective |
| instance | /x | Noun |
| pronouncement | x/x | Noun |
| term of art | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| aporia | x/xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| expletive | /xx | Noun |
| synonym | /xx | Noun |
| appeal | x/ | Noun |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| that | / | Adverb, Noun |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| navigator | /xxx | Noun |
| hymn | / | Noun |
| concluding | x/x | Verb |
| famous | /x | Adjective |
| curious | /xx | Adjective |
| truth | / | Noun |
| reading | /x | Verb |
| old | / | Adjective |
| adage | /x | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| epigram | /xx | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| parable | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
