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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| breeding | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| selection | x/x | Noun | 
| adaptation | xx/x | Noun | 
| admixture | x/x | Noun | 
| inbreeding | x/x | Noun | 
| domestication | xxx/x | Noun | 
| naturalization | /xxx/x | Noun | 
| treatment | /x | Noun | 
| evolution | xx/x | Noun | 
| grafting | /x | Noun | 
| conditioning | x/xx | Noun | 
| cultivation | xx/x | Noun | 
| radiation | xx/x | Noun | 
| intervention | xx/x | Noun | 
| stratification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| mechanization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| insemination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| engendering | x/xx | Noun | 
| planting | /x | Noun | 
| recruitment | x/x | Noun | 
| picking | /x | Verb | 
| generation | xx/x | Noun | 
| euthanasia | xx/x | Noun | 
| propagation | xx/x | Noun | 
| normalization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| transplantation | xx/x | Noun | 
| cropping | /x | Noun | 
| adoption | x/x | Noun | 
| preservation | xx/x | Noun | 
| reproduction | xx/x | Noun | 
| vaccination | xx/x | Noun | 
| manipulation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| elaboration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| sterilization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| weeding | /x | Noun | 
| humanization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| birth control | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| herding | /x | Noun | 
| thinning | /x | Noun | 
| raising | /x | Noun | 
| proliferation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| introduction | xx/x | Noun | 
| plantation | x/x | Noun | 
| landscaping | /xx | Noun | 
| sex change | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| silviculture | /xxx | Noun | 
| alteration | xx/x | Noun | 
| fertilization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| taming | /x | Noun | 
| culling | /x | Noun | 
| optimization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| curation | x/x | Noun | 
| beautification | /xx/x | Noun | 
| afforestation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| gardening | /xx | Noun | 
| miscegenation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| modification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| industrialization | xxxxx/x | Noun | 
| experimentation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| editing | /xx | Noun | 
| chosen | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| viticulture | /x/x | Noun | 
| nurture | /x | Noun | 
| enrichment | x/x | Noun | 
| sowing | /x | Noun | 
| duplication | xx/x | Noun | 
| rearing | /x | Noun | 
| intermediation | xx/x/x | Noun | 
| beekeeping | /xx | Noun | 
| nudge | / | Noun | 
| augmentation | xx/x | Noun | 
| implantation | xx/x | Noun | 
| prevention | x/x | Noun | 
| vegetation | xx/x | Noun | 
| accessories | x/xx | Noun | 
| acquired | x/x | Adjective | 
| adaptable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun | 
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective | 
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun | 
| affected | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| alignment | x/x | Noun | 
| allocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| alternative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| analecta | xxxx | Name | 
| analects | xxx | Name | 
| analyte | /xx | Noun | 
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| anglo | /x | Name | 
| anthology | x/xx | Noun | 
| anthropogenic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| antique | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| application | xx/x | Noun | 
| appointment | x/x | Noun | 
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| arranged | x/ | Adjective | 
| array | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| artificiality | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| artisanal | /xx/ | Adjective | 
| asexual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| assessment | x/x | Noun | 
| assignment | x/x | Noun | 
| assortment | x/x | Noun | 
| atlases | x/x | Noun | 
| audiovisual | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| award | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| ballot | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bibles | /x | Noun | 
| bleached | / | Adjective | 
| board | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bogus | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| books | / | Noun | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| cad | / | Name | 
| candidate | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| cardboard | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| careful | /x | Adjective | 
| casting | /x | Noun | 
| celluloid | /xx | Noun | 
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| checklist | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| classification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| cleaner | /x | Noun | 
| clipping | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| clocks | / | Adjective | 
| coins | / | Adjective | 
| collection | x/x | Noun | 
| colonial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| colored | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| committee | x/x | Noun | 
| competition | xx/x | Noun | 
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| composition | xx/x | Noun | 
| conclusion | x/x | Noun | 
| condoms | /x | Noun | 
| confectionery | x/xxx | Noun | 
| constraint | x/ | Noun | 
| constructed | x/x | Adjective | 
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| contrived | x/ | Adjective | 
| conventionalized | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| customer | /xx | Noun | 
| cutting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| deferral | x/x | Noun | 
| definition | xx/x | Noun | 
| density | /xx | Noun | 
| deployment | x/x | Noun | 
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| designating | /xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| designation | xx/x | Noun | 
| determination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| diffused | x/ | Adjective | 
| digest | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| discretion | x/x | Noun | 
| disk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| dolls | / | Verb | 
| dummy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| dyed | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| echo | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| elect | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| election | x/x | Noun | 
| electronic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| eligibility | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| empowerment | x/xx | Noun | 
| engineered | xx/ | Adjective | 
| ersatz | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| extract | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| factitious | x/x | Adjective | 
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| faux | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| favorite | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| fictitious | x/x | Adjective | 
| formula | /xx | Noun | 
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| group | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hierarchic | x/x | Adjective | 
| hiring | /x | Noun | 
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| identification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| imitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| impersonal | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| impractical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| induced | x/ | Adjective | 
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| initialization | x/xx/x | Noun | 
| inorganic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| instantiation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| intake | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| international | xx/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| interview | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| judging | /x | Noun | 
| jury | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| labor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| labour | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| list | / | Noun, Verb | 
| literary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| lures | / | Noun, Verb | 
| machine | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| manual | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| manufactured | xx/x | Adjective | 
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| membership | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| merit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| misrepresentation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| moral | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| natural selection | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb | 
| nominating | /xxx | Noun, Verb | 
| nomination | xx/x | Noun | 
| operationalization | xx/xxx/x | Noun | 
| option | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| paddy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| painted | /x | Adjective | 
| person | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| phasing | /x | Noun | 
| picker | /x | Noun | 
| picturesque | /xx | Adjective | 
| pleasure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| preference | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| preferred | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| process | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| prosthesis | x/x | Noun | 
| prosthetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| pto | x | Name | 
| qualification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| quotation | x/x | Noun | 
| quote | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ranches | /x | Noun | 
| range | / | Noun, Verb | 
| rating | /x | Noun | 
| recruiting | x/x | Noun | 
