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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| officer | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| official | x/x | Noun |
| representative | xx/xx | Noun |
| ruler | /x | Noun |
| author | /x | Noun |
| authorize | /xx | Verb |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| senior | /x | Name |
| figurehead | /xx | Noun |
| officiate | x/xx | Verb |
| royalty | /xx | Noun |
| father figure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| archon | /x | Noun |
| personage | /xx | Noun |
| tsar | / | Noun |
| superintendent | xxx/x | Noun |
| submitter | x/x | Noun |
| dictator | x/x | Noun |
| agent | /x | Noun |
| bureaucrat | /xx | Noun |
| the man | x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| dignitary | /xxx | Noun |
| czar | / | Noun |
| arbitrator | /xxx | Noun |
| commissioner | x/xx | Noun |
| executive | x/xx | Noun |
| potentate | /xx | Noun |
| public figure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| persona | x/x | Noun |
| president | /xx | Noun |
| judge | / | Noun |
| chair | / | Noun |
| master | /x | Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| big cheese | // | Name, Name |
| functionary | /xxx | Noun |
| somebody | /xx | Noun |
| someone | /x | Noun |
| power broker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| chairman | /x | Noun |
| public servant | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| legislator | /xxx | Noun |
| number one | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| captain | /x | Noun |
| overlord | /xx | Noun |
| influential | xx/x | Adjective |
| politician | xx/x | Noun |
| appointee | xx/ | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| boss | / | Noun |
| rapporteur | x/x | Noun |
| supervisor | /xxx | Noun |
| identifier | x/xxx | Noun |
| autocrat | /xx | Noun |
| assignee | x// | Noun |
| proxy | /x | Noun |
| chairperson | /xx | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| delegate | /xx | Noun |
| lawmaker | /xx | Noun |
| head honcho | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| warden | /x | Noun |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| fiscal | /x | Adjective |
| occupant | /xx | Noun |
| reporter | x/x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| vice | / | Noun |
| protector | x/x | Noun |
| commander | x/x | Noun |
| adjudicator | x/xxx | Noun |
| monitor | /xx | Noun |
| somewhat | // | Adverb |
| spokesperson | /xx | Noun |
| role model | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| minister | /xx | Noun |
| arbiter | /xx | Noun |
| referee | xx/ | Noun |
| senator | /xx | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| chancellor | /xx | Noun |
| guide | / | Noun |
| informer | x/x | Noun |
| chief | / | Noun |
| king | / | Noun |
| attorney | x/x | Noun |
| spokesman | /x | Noun |
| lawgiver | /xx | Noun |
| repository | x/xxx | Noun |
| examiner | x/xx | Noun |
| committee | x/x | Noun |
| upper | /x | Noun |
| chief of state | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| focal | /x | Adjective |
| puppet master | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| envoy | /x | Noun |
| heir | / | Noun |
| rabbi | /x | Noun |
| titular | /xx | Adjective |
| friends in high places | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| regulator | /xxx | Noun |
| sire | /x | Noun |
| aspirant | /xx | Noun |
| auditor | /xx | Noun |
| questioner | /xx | Noun |
| administrator | x/xxx | Noun |
| enforcer | x/x | Noun |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| magistrate | /xx | Noun |
| mace | / | Noun |
| vicar | /x | Noun |
| guardian | /xx | Noun |
| champion | /xx | Noun |
| abilities | x/xx | Noun |
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| accountable | x/xx | Adjective |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| administration | xxx/x | Noun |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| adviser | x/x | Noun |
| aegis | /x | Noun |
| agencies | /xx | Noun |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| allowable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ambit | xx | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| anarchy | /xx | Noun |
| anatomy | x/xx | Noun |
| annex | /x | Noun, Verb |
| apa | xx | Name |
| app | / | Noun |
| appear | x/ | Verb |
| approval | x/x | Noun |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| are | / | Noun |
| artwork | /x | Noun |
| assurance | x/x | Noun |
| attic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| auspices | /xx | Noun |
| authorisation | xxx/x | Noun |
| authorise | xxx | Verb |
| authorised | /xx | Adjective |
| authoritarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun |
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| authorities | x/xx | Noun |
| authorization | xxx/x | Noun |
| autonomy | x/xx | Noun |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bear claw | // | Phrase, Noun |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| behalf | x/ | Noun |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| benefit of clergy | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| bod | / | Noun |
| bodies | /x | Noun |
| bom | / | Noun |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bounded | /x | Adjective |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| budget | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bureau | /x | Noun |
| calculate | /xx | Verb |
| calculation | xx/x | Noun |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| capable | /xx | Adjective |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| capitalize | /xxx | Verb |
| carte blanche | // | Phrase, Noun, Adverb |
| central bank | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| central intelligence agency | /xxxxxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| charge | / | Noun, Verb |
| charity | /xx | Noun |
| chart | / | Noun, Verb |
| chassis | /x | Noun |
| cia | x | Name, Adjective |
| cipher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clearance | /x | Noun |
| cleric | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| clout | / | Noun, Verb |
| clown | / | Noun, Verb |
| cognizance | /xx | Noun |
| college | /x | Noun |
| command | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| commission | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| competence | /xx | Noun |
| competencies | /xxx | Noun |
| competent | /xx | Adjective |
| competition | xx/x | Noun |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| comptroller of the currency | x/x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| compute | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| conference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| confidence | /xx | Noun |
| connoisseur | xx/ | Noun |
| consent | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| consultant | x/x | Noun |
| contain | x/ | Verb |
| contracting | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cop | / | Noun, Verb |
| corporation | xx/x | Noun |
| council | /x | Noun |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| count on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| credentials | x/x | Noun |
| credibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| cubist | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cypher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dad | / | Noun, Verb |
| damascene | x// | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| data | /x | Noun |
| dato | /x | Name |
| decal | xx | Noun, Verb |
| decentralization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| deduct | x/ | Verb |
| definite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| delivery | x/xx | Noun |
| denomination | xxx/x | Noun |
| department | x/x | Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| diagram | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| differentiate | xx/xx | Verb, Noun |
| digit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| digital | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| director | x/x | Noun |
| directorate | x/xx | Noun |
| discretion | x/x | Noun |
| dispensation | xx/x | Noun |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dominance | /xx | Noun |
| dominion | x/x | Noun |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| dummy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| easel | /x | Noun |
| eight | / | Noun, Adjective |
| emblem | /x | Noun, Verb |
| empower | x/x | Verb |
