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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| roadblock | /x | Noun, Noun |
| hurdle | /x | Noun |
| obstacle | /xx | Noun |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| barricade | /xx | Noun |
| threshold | /x | Noun |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| gate | / | Noun |
| wall | / | Noun |
| impermeable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| chasm | /x | Noun |
| fence | / | Noun |
| impenetrable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| hindrance | /x | Noun |
| entrance | /x | Noun |
| insurmountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| bulwark | /x | Noun |
| restriction | x/x | Noun |
| permeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| resistance | x/x | Noun |
| bridge | / | Noun |
| blockade | x/ | Noun |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| crossing | /x | Noun |
| shield | / | Noun |
| doorway | /x | Noun |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun |
| structure | /x | Noun |
| limit | /x | Noun |
| membrane | /x | Noun |
| blocking | /x | Verb |
| separating | /xxx | Verb |
| factor | /x | Noun |
| impervious | x/xx | Adjective |
| protection | x/x | Noun |
| pathway | /x | Noun |
| gaps | / | Noun |
| semipermeable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| separation | xx/x | Noun |
| entry | /x | Noun |
| door | / | Noun |
| pillar | /x | Noun |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| inaccessibility | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| impeding | x/x | Verb |
| level | /x | Noun |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| blockage | /x | Noun |
| curtain | /x | Noun |
| protective | x/x | Adjective |
| bypass | /x | Noun |
| nontariff | x/x | Adjective |
| precondition | xx/x | Noun |
| discontinuity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| permeability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| insuperable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| bulkhead | /x | Noun |
| capillary | /xxx | Noun |
| prohibitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| conduit | /xx | Noun |
| epidermal | xx/x | Noun |
| impassable | x/xx | Adjective |
| surface | /x | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun |
| passageway | /xx | Noun |
| ramp | / | Noun |
| friction | /x | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun |
| handicap | /xx | Noun |
| veil | / | Noun |
| potential | x/x | Noun |
| berm | / | Noun |
| gateway | /x | Noun |
| threat | / | Noun |
| screen | / | Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun |
| brick wall | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| wicket | /x | Noun |
| entryway | /xx | Noun |
| trap | / | Noun |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gatehouse | /x | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun |
| wicket gate | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| shelter | /x | Noun |
| building | /x | Noun |
| footbridge | /x | Noun |
| ingress | /x | Noun |
| blockhouse | /x | Noun |
| iron curtain | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| partition | x/x | Noun |
| barrack | /x | Noun |
| scaffold | /x | Noun |
| covered bridge | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| construction | x/x | Noun |
| shed | / | Verb |
| shut | / | Verb |
| hall | / | Noun |
| sept | / | Name |
| corridor | /xx | Noun |
| hoarding | /x | Noun |
| cover | /x | Noun |
| blind | / | Noun |
| fort | / | Noun |
| hood | / | Noun |
| room divider | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| house | / | Noun |
| lobby | /x | Noun |
| guardhouse | /x | Noun |
| port of entry | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| hatch | / | Noun |
| hyphen | /x | Noun |
| reefs | / | Verb |
| surmount | x/ | Verb |
| tunneling | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| placental | x/x | Adjective |
| islands | /x | Verb |
| forbidding | x/x | Adjective |
| impregnable | x/xx | Adjective |
| permeation | /xxx | Noun |
| formidable | /xxx | Adjective |
| encroachments | x/x | Noun |
| peroxidase | x/xx | Noun |
| mucosal | x/x | Adjective |
| diffusional | x/xx | Adjective |
| advantage | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| anti | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| apartheid | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| backstop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| barrera | x/x | Name |
| biomimetic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| brake | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakwater | /xx | Noun |
| buffer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burden | /x | Noun, Verb |
| challenge | /x | Noun, Verb |
| checkpoint | /x | Noun, Verb |
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| cordon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dam | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| demarcation | xx/x | Noun |
| dielectric | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| dike | / | Noun, Verb |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| discriminate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| disincentive | xx/x | Noun |
| dispersive | x/x | Adjective |
| dissipative | /xxx | Adjective |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| doped | / | Adjective |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| electrode | x/x | Noun |
| epitaxial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| estrangement | x/x | Noun |
| fender | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ferroelectric | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| frontier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| grate | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| groin | / | Noun, Verb |
| hedge | / | Noun, Verb |
| hindered | /x | Verb |
| hitch | / | Noun, Verb |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| impedance | x/x | Noun |
| inducement | x/x | Noun |
| interference | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| jetty | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| language barrier | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| lanyard | /x | Noun |
| layer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| leap | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| levee | /x | Noun, Verb |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lossy | /x | Adjective |
| mark | / | Noun, Verb |
| mole | / | Noun |
| mur | x | Noun |
| night | / | Noun, Verb |
| nonlinear | x/xx | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| obstruction | x/x | Noun |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| overlay | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| panel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| parapet | /xx | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| prejudice | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| prevented | x/x | Verb |
| prey | / | Noun, Verb |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rail | / | Noun, Verb |
| rampart | /x | Noun, Verb |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
| safeguard | /x | Verb, Noun |
| scattering | /xx | Noun |
| seawall | /x | Noun |
| secession | x/x | Noun |
| setback | /x | Noun |
| shelf | / | Noun |
| silicon | /xx | Noun |
| sound | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| starting gate | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| surveyed | x/ | Verb |
| viscoelastic | x/x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| visor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wail | / | Noun, Verb |
| watertight | /xx | Adjective |
| way | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| weir | / | Noun |
| wing | / | Noun, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
