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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| funny | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| gallows humor | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| blacker | /x | Noun |
| swart | / | Name |
| slapstick | /x | Noun |
| brown | / | Name |
| blackface | /x | Noun |
| smut | / | Noun |
| goth | / | Noun |
| snuff | / | Noun |
| funny bone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| black hat | // | Name, Name |
| black eye | // | Name, Name |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| chocolate | /x | Noun |
| shade | / | Noun |
| black sheep | // | Name, Name |
| spook | / | Noun |
| punk | / | Noun |
| smoking | /x | Noun |
| inside joke | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| roast | / | Noun |
| funny business | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| standing joke | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| humbug | /x | Noun |
| underbelly | /xxx | Noun |
| slander | /x | Noun |
| void | / | Noun |
| black cat | // | Name, Name, Verb |
| black and tan | /// | Name, Name |
| ridicule | /xx | Noun |
| boogie | /x | Noun |
| ghetto | /x | Noun |
| rough trade | // | Phrase, Noun |
| strong language | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| urban legend | /x/x | Name, Name |
| obscenity | x/xx | Noun |
| black gang | // | Name, Name |
| penny dreadful | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| black beauty | //x | Name, Name |
| dozens | /x | Noun |
| black and white | /// | Name, Name, Adjective |
| funk | / | Noun |
| dirty word | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tripe | / | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun |
| brown sugar | //x | Name, Name |
| crack | / | Noun |
| dead meat | // | Phrase, Noun |
| abject | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| achromatic | /x/x | Adjective |
| adenosine | x/xx | Noun |
| affiliative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| african | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| alcohol | /xx | Noun |
| amiability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| antidiuretic | xxxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| arrowhead | /xx | Noun |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| baltic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| banter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beautiful | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| behavioral | x/xx | Adjective |
| behaviour | x/x | Noun |
| behavioural | x/xx | Adjective |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| belowground | x/x | Adjective |
| berries | /x | Noun |
| biobehavioral | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| black bile | // | Name, Name |
| blacken | /x | Verb |
| blacklist | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blake | / | Name, Adjective |
| blanco | /x | Name, Verb |
| blank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bon mot | xx | Phrase, Noun |
| bootleg | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bosnia | /xx | Name |
| bosnian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burlesque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| calico | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| caricature | /xxx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cartoon | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| cherry | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chestnut | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| clad | / | Verb, Adjective |
| clandestine | x/x | Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coal black | // | Name, Adjective, Name |
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| color | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| colorful | /xx | Adjective |
| colour | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| contraband | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coordinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| corpus | /x | Noun |
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| darkroom | /x | Noun |
| dayton | /x | Name |
| death | / | Noun |
| dense | / | Adjective, Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dialogic | /x/x | Adjective |
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| directive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| disclosure | x/x | Noun |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dye | / | Noun, Verb |
| ebony | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| eight | / | Noun, Adjective |
| eloquence | /xx | Noun |
| empathy | /xx | Noun |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| ewe | / | Noun, Adjective |
| farce | / | Noun, Verb |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ferrous | /x | Adjective |
| forgiveness | x/x | Noun |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fur | / | Noun, Verb |
| gag | / | Noun, Verb |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| gold | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| good humor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| green | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| greenland | /x | Name |
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| halibut | /xx | Noun |
| hidden | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| hostess | /x | Noun, Verb |
| humored | /x | Adjective |
| humorist | /xx | Noun |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| humour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hunk | / | Noun |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ill humor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| illicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| impersonation | xxx/x | Noun |
| in color | x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| indulge | x/ | Verb |
| informal | x/x | Adjective |
| inglorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| inky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ivory | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| jest | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| joke | / | Noun, Verb |
| lasalle | x/ | Name |
| laugh | / | Noun, Verb |
| lion | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mackerel | /xx | Noun |
| mafia | /xx | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| maroon | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mauve | / | Adjective, Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| mono | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| monochrome | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| montenegrin | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| montenegro | xx/x | Name |
| mood | / | Noun |
| mordant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mule | / | Noun, Verb |
| natured | /x | Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nero | /x | Name |
| night | / | Noun, Verb |
| nigra | /x | Noun |
| noir | / | Noun, Adjective |
| nubian | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| orange | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| parallel | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| pink | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
