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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| ordnance | /x | Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| cold war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| militarism | /xxxx | Noun |
| war machine | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| munition | x/x | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| contest | /x | Noun |
| fight to the finish | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| war effort | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| turf war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| world war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| balance of terror | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| ammunition | xx/x | Noun |
| disarmament | x/xx | Noun |
| assault weapon | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| armed forces | //x | Name, Name |
| assault rifle | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| synchronization | xxx/x | Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| alarm | x/ | Noun |
| artillery | x/xx | Noun |
| armageddon | xx/x | Name |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| atomic bomb | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| armistice | /xx | Noun |
| martial art | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| battle of the sexes | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| the bomb | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| war of words | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| war footing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| mortal combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| alarums and excursions | x/x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| declaration of war | xx/x// | Phrase, Noun |
| clash | / | Noun |
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| alert | x/ | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| blitzkrieg | /x | Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| gang war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| defense | x/ | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| agon | /x | Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| invasion | x/x | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun |
| investment | x/x | Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| pile on | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| weapon of mass destruction | /x//x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| army | /x | Noun |
| strategy | /xx | Noun |
| conquest | /x | Noun |
| class warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| war of nerves | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| drive | / | Noun |
| manual | /xx | Noun |
| hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| skirmish | /x | Noun |
| firing line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| grudge match | // | Phrase, Noun |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| aircraft | /x | Noun |
| airstream | /x | Noun |
| airstrip | /x | Noun |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| ammo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| amphibious | x/xx | Adjective |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| apparatus | xx/x | Noun |
| arsenals | /xx | Noun |
| backwash | /x | Noun, Verb |
| barge | / | Noun, Verb |
| barrel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bearings | /x | Verb |
| beings | /x | Noun |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| booby | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| branches | /x | Verb |
| bras | / | Noun |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| buck | / | Noun, Verb |
| butts | / | Noun |
| calibre | /xx | Noun |
| called | / | Adjective |
| camel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| car | / | Noun |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| caucasian | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| cavalry | /xx | Noun |
| championship | /xxx | Noun |
| charge | / | Noun, Verb |
| chase | / | Noun, Verb |
| chest | / | Noun, Verb |
| civilisation | x/x/x | Noun |
| clan | / | Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coat of arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| colony | /xx | Noun |
| color | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| colour | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| communicator | x/xxx | Noun |
| compete | x/ | Verb |
| competition | xx/x | Noun |
| complexion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| component | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| contestant | x/x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| creed | / | Noun, Verb |
| crest | / | Noun, Verb |
| crusoe | /x | Name |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| dart | / | Noun, Verb |
| dash | / | Noun, Verb |
| derby | /x | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| displacement | x/x | Noun |
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ears | / | Adjective |
| elbows | /x | Noun |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| electioneering | xxx/x | Noun |
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| emblazoned | x/x | Verb |
| emblems | /x | Verb |
| emphasize | /xx | Verb |
| emulation | xx/x | Noun |
| enterprise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| equip | x/ | Verb |
| equipment | x/x | Noun |
| errand | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ethnically | /xx | Adverb |
| ethnicity | x/xx | Noun |
| ethnolinguistic | x/x/x | Adjective |
| ethnological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| etiological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| excursion | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fare | / | Noun, Verb |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fingers | /x | Verb |
| firearm | /xx | Noun |
| firepower | /xx | Noun |
| fires | /x | Noun |
| fists | / | Noun |
| flash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flattening | /xx | Noun |
| force | / | Noun, Verb |
| forearm | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| freestyle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gender | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| genre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grading | /x | Noun |
| grocery | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| gunnery | /xx | Noun |
| hand | / | Noun, Verb |
| handguns | /x | Verb |
| hardware | /x | Noun |
| hasten | /x | Verb, Noun |
| haunches | /x | Noun |
| heralds | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hie | / | Verb |
| hint | / | Noun, Verb |
| hips | / | Adjective |
| horse | / | Noun, Verb |
| horse race | // | Phrase, Noun |
| hug | / | Noun, Verb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| humanity | x/xx | Noun |
| hunt | / | Noun, Verb |
| industries | /xx | Noun |
| inlets | /x | Noun |
| interethnic | xx/x | Adjective |
| iraq | x/ | Name |
| jam | / | Noun, Verb |
| jogging | /x | Noun |
| journey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| jun | / | Name |
| kind | / | Noun, Adjective |
| knees | / | Noun |
| legs | / | Noun |
| leveling | /xx | Noun |
| levers | /x | Noun |
| limbs | / | Noun |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| linger | /x | Verb, Noun |
| machine | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| marathon | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| master race | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| match | / | Noun, Verb |
| mechanized | /xx | Adjective |
| mile | / | Noun |
| minority | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| multinational | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| nationality | xx/xx | Noun |
| necks | / | Noun |
