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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| accepted | x/x | Adjective | 
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| afore | x/ | Adverb | 
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| against | x/ | Noun | 
| age | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ahead | x/ | Adverb | 
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| already | x/x | Adverb | 
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective | 
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| aurora | x/x | Name | 
| avant | x/ | Noun | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| bedtime | /x | Noun | 
| beforehand | x/x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| being | /x | Noun | 
| bell | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bis | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bonus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bow | / | Noun, Verb | 
| break of day | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| canonical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| cantos | /x | Noun | 
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| clock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clockwork | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cue | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cuff | / | Noun, Verb | 
| currently | /xx | Adverb | 
| date | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| daybreak | /x | Noun | 
| decade | x/ | Noun | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| dusk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| ed | / | Noun | 
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| er | x | Noun, Verb | 
| era | /x | Noun | 
| ere | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| estate | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| expeditiously | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| facing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| faithful | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| first light | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| firstly | /x | Adverb | 
| fore | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| foremost | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| formerly | /xx | Adverb | 
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| fortnight | /x | Noun | 
| forward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| from | / | Noun | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| frontier | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| further | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| glass | / | Noun, Verb | 
| globalizing | /xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| grant | / | Noun, Verb | 
| grueling | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| gruelling | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| happy hour | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| here | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| heretofore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| hers | x | Adjective | 
| high noon | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| hitherto | /x/ | Adverb | 
| hora | /x | Noun | 
| hourly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| hours | /x | Noun | 
| if | / | Noun | 
| imam | /x | Noun | 
| immediately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| in front | x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| including | x/x | Verb | 
| inning | /x | Noun | 
| instead | x/ | Adverb | 
| interval | /xx | Noun | 
| it | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| juncture | /x | Noun | 
| just | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| later | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| lest | / | |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| look | / | Verb, Noun | 
| mealtime | /x | Noun | 
| meantime | /x | Noun, Adverb | 
| midday | /x | Noun | 
| midnight | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| min | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| minute | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| moment | /x | Noun | 
| month | / | Noun | 
| morning | /x | Noun | 
| morrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| move | / | Verb, Noun | 
| never | /x | Adverb | 
| night | / | Noun, Verb | 
| nightfall | /x | Noun | 
| noon | / | Noun, Verb | 
| noonday | /x | Noun | 
| now | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| o | x | Noun, Adjective | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| once | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| only | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| or | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| ora | /x | Noun | 
| order | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| ore | / | Noun | 
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| past | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| pending | /x | Adjective | 
| period | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| point | / | Noun, Verb | 
| precede | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| predates | // | Verb | 
| preliminary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| premium | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| present | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| previous | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| prima | /x | Adjective | 
| primarily | x/xx | Adverb | 
| prior | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| quarter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| question | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| quickly | /x | Adverb | 
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| rapidly | /xx | Adverb | 
| rather | /x | Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| ravine | x/ | Noun | 
| receipt | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| received | x/ | Adjective | 
| recently | /xx | Adverb | 
| rush hour | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| schedule | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sec | / | Noun | 
| second | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| seizure | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sixty | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| slowly | /x | Adverb | 
| small hours | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| sooner | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| stage | / | Noun, Verb | 
| still | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| subject | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| submission | x/x | Noun | 
| submit | x/ | Verb | 
| suiting | /x | Noun | 
| sunday | /x | Name, Verb, Adverb | 
| sundown | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sunrise | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sunset | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sunup | /x | Noun | 
| swiftly | /x | Adverb | 
| than | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| then | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| there | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| thing | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tick | / | Noun, Verb | 
| til | / | Noun | 
| till | / | Noun, Verb | 
| time | / | Noun, Verb | 
| time of day | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| to | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| today | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| together | x/x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| top | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb | 
| towards | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| twilight | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| under | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| unless | x/ | Noun | 
| until | x/ | |
| upstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| uri | /x | Name | 
| used | / | Verb, Adjective | 
| versus | /x | Adjective | 
| visa | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| watch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| week | / | Noun | 
| weekend | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| what | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| when | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| whom | / | Noun | 
| whose | / | |
| with | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| without | x/ | Adverb | 
| year | / | Noun | 
| yesterday | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| zero hour | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
