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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| double back | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| turn back | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| zigzagging | /xx | Verb | 
| stalling | /x | Noun | 
| rewriting | x/x | Noun | 
| parsing | /x | Noun | 
| dodging | /x | Verb | 
| traversing | x/x | Verb | 
| retracing | x/x | Verb | 
| revisiting | x/xx | Verb | 
| skipping | /x | Verb | 
| rethinking | x/x | Noun | 
| reworking | x/x | Noun | 
| dithering | /xx | Noun | 
| looping | /x | Noun | 
| regrouping | x/x | Noun | 
| maneuvering | x/xx | Noun | 
| replaying | x/x | Verb | 
| dawdling | /x | Verb | 
| apologizing | x/xxx | Verb | 
| avoiding | x/x | Verb | 
| questioning | /xx | Noun | 
| stopping | /x | Verb | 
| hinting | /x | Verb | 
| searching | /x | Noun | 
| repeating | x/x | Verb | 
| contradicting | xx/x | Verb | 
| ignoring | x/x | Verb | 
| wrangling | /xx | Noun | 
| reiterating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| mapping | /x | Noun | 
| meandering | x/xx | Noun | 
| blundering | /xx | Noun | 
| shuffling | /x | Noun | 
| checking | /x | Noun | 
| tweaking | /x | Noun | 
| fiddling | /x | Noun | 
| scrambling | /xx | Verb | 
| referencing | /xxx | Noun | 
| bashing | /x | Noun | 
| pausing | /x | Verb | 
| exploration | xx/x | Noun | 
| unpacking | x/x | Noun | 
| apologising | x/xxx | Verb | 
| reversing | x/x | Verb | 
| sniping | /x | Noun | 
| evading | x/x | Verb | 
| arguing | /xx | Verb | 
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| undoing | x/x | Noun | 
| retreating | x/x | Verb | 
| backing | /x | Noun | 
| payback | /x | Noun | 
| regress | /x | Noun | 
| pullback | /x | Noun | 
| recursion | x/x | Noun | 
| harking | /x | Verb | 
| backsliding | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| returning | x/x | Verb | 
| reversion | x/x | Noun | 
| regression | x/x | Noun | 
| fallback | /x | Noun | 
| setback | /x | Noun | 
| kickback | /x | Noun | 
| relapsing | x/x | Verb | 
| backward | /x | Adjective | 
| retract | x/ | Verb | 
| back and forth | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| reentry | x/x | Noun | 
| recounting | x/x | Noun | 
| rebounding | x/x | Noun | 
| recourse | /x | Noun | 
| reinterpretation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| reversal | x/x | Noun | 
| step back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| recoiling | x/x | Noun | 
| hark back | // | Name, Verb, Name | 
| rollback | /x | Noun | 
| resolve | x/ | Noun | 
| retrieving | x/x | Verb | 
| regaining | x/x | Verb | 
| turnaround | /xx | Noun | 
| repossession | xx/x | Noun | 
| backwash | /x | Noun | 
| reemployment | xx/x | Noun | 
| recycling | x/xx | Noun | 
| doubling | /xx | Noun | 
| chronological | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| asynchronous | //xx | Adjective | 
| unification | xxx/x | Noun | 
| intelligent | x/xx | Adjective | 
| distributed | x/xx | Adjective | 
| reasoning | /xx | Noun | 
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| minimum | /xx | Noun | 
| shallow | /x | Adjective | 
| automatic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| lot | / | Noun | 
| selective | x/x | Adjective | 
| amount | x/ | Noun | 
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective | 
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| occurs | x/ | Verb | 
| possibility | xx/xx | Noun | 
| prevents | x/ | Verb | 
| need | / | Noun | 
| deal | / | Noun | 
| performs | x/ | Verb | 
| initiated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| form | / | Noun | 
| requiring | x/xx | Verb | 
| involve | x/ | Verb | 
| much | / | Adjective | 
| idea | x/x | Noun | 
| allows | x/ | Verb | 
| easy | /x | Adjective | 
| frequent | /x | Adjective | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective | 
| deep | / | Adjective | 
| continues | x/x | Verb | 
| uses | /x | Verb | 
| process | /x | Noun | 
| case | / | Noun | 
| means | / | Noun | 
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| less | / | Adjective | 
| control | x/ | Verb | 
| abductive | x/x | Adjective | 
| access | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| accounting | x/x | Noun | 
| acquisition | xx/x | Noun | 
| admissible | x/xx | Adjective | 
| breakage | /x | Noun | 
| cleanup | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| connectionist | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| convenient | x/x | Adjective | 
| copying | /xx | Noun | 
| crawling | /x | Noun | 
| customization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| decentralized | x/xx | Adjective | 
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| deterministic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| disruption | x/x | Noun | 
| dredging | /x | Noun | 
| duplication | xx/x | Noun | 
| filtering | /xx | Noun | 
| loading | /x | Noun | 
| monetarist | /xxx | Noun, Adjective | 
| newtonian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| orientational | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| overlapping | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| personalization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| plotting | /x | Noun | 
| raster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| reallocation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| rebuilding | x/x | Noun | 
| reconfiguration | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| redeployment | xx/x | Noun | 
| redesign | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| redirection | xx/x | Noun | 
| redundancy | x/xx | Noun | 
| reinvestment | xx/x | Noun | 
| repetition | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| retraction | x/x | Noun | 
| retrogression | /x/x | Noun | 
| sniffer | /x | Noun | 
| tracing | /x | Noun | 
| tracking | /x | Noun | 
| undercutting | /xxx | Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
