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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| incubation | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| hatching | /x | Noun, Noun |
| pensive | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| reflective | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| contemplative | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| musing | /x | Noun, Noun, Adjective |
| thoughtful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pondering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| glowering | /xx | Verb |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| sullen | /x | Adjective |
| moping | /x | Verb |
| smoldering | /xx | Noun |
| dark | / | Adjective |
| swaggering | /xx | Verb |
| haunting | /x | Noun |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| sultry | /x | Adjective |
| gothic | /x | Name |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| scowling | /x | Verb |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| introspective | xx/x | Adjective |
| soulful | /x | Adjective |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective |
| dour | /x | Noun |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| sulking | /x | Verb |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| brash | / | Noun |
| sulky | /x | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| chilling | /x | Adjective |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| dreamy | /x | Adjective |
| seething | /x | Verb |
| dusky | /x | Noun |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| seductive | x/x | Adjective |
| flighty | /x | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| caged | / | Adjective |
| feathery | /xx | Noun |
| feathered | /x | Adjective |
| gravid | xx | Adjective |
| beaked | / | Adjective |
| hooded | /x | Adjective |
| fledged | / | Adjective |
| beardless | /x | Adjective |
| insistent | x/x | Adjective |
| winged | / | Adjective |
| embryonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| avian | /xx | Adjective |
| hawkish | /x | Adjective |
| brown | / | Name |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| shelled | / | Adjective |
| browed | / | Adjective |
| studious | /xx | Adjective |
| pregnant | /x | Adjective |
| blown | / | Adjective |
| henny | /x | Name |
| grubbing | /x | Noun |
| chicks | / | Noun |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| fits | / | Noun |
| relapsed | x/ | Verb |
| rearing | /x | Noun, Verb |
| wrongs | / | Noun |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| spells | / | Noun |
| obsessive | x/x | Adjective |
| shades | / | Noun |
| obsessional | x/xx | Adjective |
| blissful | /x | Adjective |
| solitude | /xx | Noun |
| solitary | /xxx | Adjective |
| roused | / | Verb |
| worrying | /xx | Verb |
| dreaming | /x | Verb |
| incessant | x/x | Adjective |
| habit | /x | Noun |
| silent | /x | Adjective |
| embryos | /xx | Noun |
| inward | /x | Adjective |
| sits | / | Verb |
| impart | x/ | Verb |
| compulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| interrupted | xx/x | Verb |
| mood | / | Noun |
| silence | /x | Noun |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| larval | /x | Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| sank | / | Verb |
| periods | /xx | Noun |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| look | / | Noun |
| continual | x/xx | Adjective |
| endless | /x | Adjective |
| eyes | / | Noun |
| idle | /x | Adjective |
| spends | / | Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| dull | / | Adjective |
| resumed | x/ | Verb |
| weeks | / | Noun |
| reflection | x/x | Noun |
| charming | /x | Adjective |
| artificial | xx/x | Adjective |
| moments | /x | Noun |
| quiet | /x | Adjective |
| constant | /x | Adjective |
| calm | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| contemplation | xx/x | Noun |
| daydreaming | /xx | Noun |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| drowsy | /x | Adjective |
| fretting | /x | Noun |
| gnawing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| grieving | /x | Noun |
| hazy | /x | Adjective |
| hen | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| journeying | /xx | Noun |
| kinder | /x | Name, Adverb |
| meditation | xx/x | Noun |
| misty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nesting | /x | Noun |
| pigeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| restful | /x | Adjective |
| reverie | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| serene | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| spooky | /x | Adjective |
| striving | /x | Noun |
| toil | / | Noun, Verb |
| uncommonly | x/xx | Adverb |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| unseeing | x/x | Adjective |
| watching | /x | Noun |
| salad | /x | Noun |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| sfa | x | Name |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
