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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| a | x | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| ac | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| adam | /x | Name |
| adamant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| amoral | x/x | Adjective |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| apolitical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| arrests | x/ | Noun |
| arsenic | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| asses | /x | Noun |
| assigns | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| attaches | x/x | Noun |
| austere | x/ | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| beak | / | Noun, Verb |
| beefy | /x | Adjective |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| binding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bite | / | Noun, Verb |
| bits | / | Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bolts | / | Noun |
| brave | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bruiser | /x | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| bully | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| butts | / | Noun |
| callous | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| cartilaginous | /xxxx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chewy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chrysalis | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chunky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| claws | / | Verb |
| clutches | /x | Noun |
| collars | /x | Noun |
| complex | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| cow | / | Noun, Verb |
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| crescent | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| crystalline | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| demanding | x/x | Adjective |
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun |
| determined | x/x | Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dicey | /x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dig | / | Verb, Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| dogged | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| dome | / | Noun, Verb |
| dorado | x/x | Name |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dry | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dur | x | Noun, Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| electricity | xx/xx | Noun |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| energetic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| equally | /xx | Adverb |
| every bit | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| exacting | x/x | Adjective |
| excavate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| existent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| extreme | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extremist | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| faceless | /x | Adjective |
| fallible | /xx | Adjective |
| fascist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fermi | /x | Name |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| fibrous | /x | Adjective |
| fictive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| fingernails | /xx | Verb |
| fingers | /x | Verb |
| firmness | /x | Noun |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| found | / | Verb, Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| fundamentalist | xx/xx | Noun |
| golf | / | Noun, Verb |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gruelling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gutsy | // | Adjective |
| guy | / | Noun, Verb |
| hammer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hands | / | Noun |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardcore | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| hardened | /x | Adjective |
| hardworking | /xx | Adjective |
| hardy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heightened | /x | Adjective |
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| hooligan | /xx | Noun |
| hoops | / | Noun |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| idealized | x/xx | Adjective |
| identifiable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| implacable | x/xx | Adjective |
| impossible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| incisive | x/x | Adjective |
| inelastic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inflexible | x/xx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| intensified | x/xx | Adjective |
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| interact | xx/ | Verb, Noun |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inured | x/ | Adjective |
| ir | // | Name, Adjective |
| it | / | Noun, Adjective |
| jungle | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| knives | / | Verb |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| knowable | /xx | Adjective |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| leathery | /xx | Adjective |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| loaves | / | Noun |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| manicure | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| matt | / | Name, Adjective |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| meat | / | Noun |
| merciless | /xx | Adjective |
| militant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| more | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| muscle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nail | / | Noun, Verb |
| nameless | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nathan | /x | Name |
| needles | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| noses | /x | Noun |
| nuts | / | Noun, Adjective |
| objectified | x/xx | Adjective |
| obsessed | x/ | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| pegs | / | Noun |
| perfected | x/x | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| pi | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| picky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| pins | / | Noun |
| pointes | / | Noun |
| polish | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| punk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| quintessential | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| radical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| rails | / | Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| resilient | x/x | Adjective |
| resistant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| resistive | x/x | Adjective |
| resolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| robust | x/ | Adjective |
| rocky | /x | Adjective, Name |
| rough | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| rowdy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rubbery | /xx | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| ruffian | x/x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| rugged | /x | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| screw | / | Noun, Verb |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sentient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| severe | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| sharp | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shucks | / | Noun |
| sinewy | /xx | Adjective |
| skinhead | /x | Noun |
| slivers | /x | Noun |
| so | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| soft | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| solid | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| sound | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| spain | / | Name |
| spikes | / | Noun |
| spokes | / | Noun |
| spoon | / | Noun, Verb |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| steadfast | /x | Adjective |
| stern | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sticks | / | Noun |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| street fighter | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| strenuous | /xx | Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| stringy | /x | Adjective |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| studs | / | Noun |
| stumbling | /xx | Noun |
| stupid | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sturdy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| tacks | / | Noun, Verb |
| talons | /x | Verb |
| teeth | / | Noun, Verb |
| tenacious | x/x | Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tense | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| terrific | x/x | Adjective |
| thickened | /x | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| thorough | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| thug | / | Noun, Verb |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tightened | /x | Verb |
| toenails | /x | Noun |
| tom | / | Name, Verb |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| toughened | /x | Adjective |
| toughness | /x | Noun |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| troubled | /x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unknowing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| uphill | // | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| utility | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| valiant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| versatile | /xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| weak | / | Adjective |
