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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| rearward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| back | / | Noun, Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| retrograde | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| reversed | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Verb |
| receding | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| retracted | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| returning | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inverse | x/ | Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| converse | /x | Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| retarded | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| bashful | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| transposed | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| forward | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| sideways | /x | Adverb |
| downward | /x | Adjective |
| upward | /x | Adjective |
| rightward | /x | Adjective |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| leftward | /x | Adjective |
| westward | /x | Noun |
| toward | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| eastward | /x | Noun |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| lurching | /x | Verb |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| tilted | /x | Verb |
| ungainly | x/x | Adjective |
| inward | /x | Adjective |
| farther | /x | Adverb |
| hopelessly | /xx | Adverb |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| outward | /x | Noun |
| determinedly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| blindly | /x | Adverb |
| striding | /x | Verb |
| southward | /x | Noun |
| leaning | /x | Verb |
| progressive | x/x | Adjective |
| inclining | x/x | Verb |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective |
| hurtling | /x | Verb |
| slightly | /x | Adverb |
| northward | /x | Adverb |
| plodding | /x | Verb |
| laterally | /xxx | Adverb |
| painfully | /xx | Adverb |
| sliding | /x | Verb |
| unsteadily | x/xx | Adverb |
| helplessly | /xx | Adverb |
| horizontally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| forth | / | Adverb |
| uncivilized | x/xx | Adjective |
| outmoded | x/x | Adjective |
| uselessly | /xx | Adverb |
| regressing | x/x | Verb |
| stepwise | /x | Noun |
| wildly | /x | Adverb |
| benignly | x/x | Adverb |
| dumbly | /x | Adverb |
| bent | / | Noun |
| moving | /x | Verb |
| slanting | /x | Verb |
| thrusting | /x | Noun |
| benighted | x/x | Adjective |
| wobbling | /xx | Noun |
| loping | /x | Verb |
| athwart | x/ | Adverb |
| dangerously | /xxx | Adverb |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| pathetically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| inexorably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| unenlightened | xx/x | Adjective |
| onward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| crazily | /xx | Adverb |
| uncomfortably | x/xx | Adverb |
| blundering | /xx | Noun |
| curving | /x | Verb |
| perilously | /xxx | Adverb |
| inelegant | x/xx | Adjective |
| propelling | x/x | Adjective |
| hind | / | Noun |
| fore | / | Noun |
| posterior | x/x | Adjective |
| opposite | /xx | Noun |
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb |
| backside | /x | Noun |
| reclined | x/ | Verb |
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective |
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective |
| south | / | Noun |
| inside | x/ | Noun |
| transverse | x/ | Noun |
| foremost | /x | Adjective |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| inner | /x | Adjective |
| regurgitant | x/xx | Noun |
| seated | /x | Adjective |
| side | / | Noun |
| underfoot | xx/ | Adverb |
| recessed | x/ | Adjective |
| southerly | /xx | Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| upside down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| foregoing | x/x | Noun |
| chaining | /x | Verb |
| linkages | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| masking | /x | Verb |
| uncultured | x/x | Adjective |
| undeveloped | xx/x | Adjective |
| skates | / | Noun |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| uneducated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unsophisticated | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| superstitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| unscientific | xxx/x | Adjective |
| outdated | /xx | Adjective |
| tribal | /x | Adjective |
| underdeveloped | xxx/x | Adjective |
| industrially | x/xxx | Adverb |
| feudal | /x | Adjective |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| colonial | x/xx | Adjective |
| hilly | /x | Adjective |
| abandoned | x/x | Adjective |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| actors | /x | Noun |
| addresses | //x | Noun, Verb |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| anthologies | x/xx | Noun |
| architects | /xx | Noun |
| arrears | x/ | Noun |
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| athletic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| backdrop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backlog | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bankers | /x | Verb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| belated | x/x | Adjective |
| californian | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| cattlemen | /xx | Noun |
| celebrities | x/xx | Noun |
| collections | x/x | Noun |
| comic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| deferred | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| delayed | x/ | Adjective |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| developed | x/x | Adjective |
| directed | x/x | Adjective |
| disadvantaged | xx/x | Adjective |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| exploited | /xx | Adjective |
| fallback | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| favored | /x | Adjective |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| futurists | /xx | Noun |
| ignorant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| industrialised | x/xxx | Adjective |
| industrialized | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inferior | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lag | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| look | / | Verb, Noun |
| losing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| macedonians | xx/xx | Noun |
| movement | /x | Noun |
| obsolete | xx/ | Adjective, Verb |
| outstanding | x/x | Adjective |
| overdue | /x/ | Adjective |
| parochial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| prosperous | /xx | Adjective |
| purveyors | x/x | Noun |
| rear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| recurved | x/ | Adjective |
| remote | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| rewind | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rollback | /x | Noun, Verb |
| speaking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| subjugated | /xxx | Adjective |
| synonyms | /xx | Adjective |
| technologically | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| theatricals | x/xx | Noun |
| underprivileged | /x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| upriver | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| upstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| urbanized | /xx | Noun |
| versions | /x | Noun |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
