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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| bureaucrat | /xx | Noun |
| bureaucratization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| officialdom | x/xx | Noun |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| cronyism | /xxx | Noun |
| autocracy | x/xx | Noun |
| technocracy | /xxx | Noun |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| byzantine | /xx | Name |
| incompetence | x/xx | Noun |
| centralization | xxx/x | Noun |
| centralism | /xxx | Noun |
| corruption | x/x | Noun |
| technocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| politicization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| sclerotic | x/x | Noun |
| governance | /xx | Noun |
| politicking | /xxx | Noun |
| functionary | /xxx | Noun |
| paperwork | /xx | Noun |
| corporatism | /xxxx | Noun |
| oligarchy | /xxx | Noun |
| managerialism | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| politics | /xx | Noun |
| disorganization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun |
| nepotism | /xxx | Noun |
| arbitrariness | /xxxx | Noun |
| authoritarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun |
| bungling | /xx | Noun |
| statism | /xx | Noun |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| incompetency | x/xxx | Noun |
| policymaking | /xxxx | Noun |
| commissars | /xx | Noun |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| ideology | xx/xx | Noun |
| factionalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| directorate | x/xx | Noun |
| regimentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| secrecy | /xx | Noun |
| hierarchy | /xxx | Noun |
| pettiness | /xx | Noun |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| administration | xxx/x | Noun |
| ineptitude | x/xx | Noun |
| judiciary | x/xxx | Noun |
| tyranny | /xx | Noun |
| clientelism | xx/xx | Noun |
| mismanagement | x/xx | Noun |
| regulations | xx/x | Noun |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun |
| parochialism | x/xxxx | Noun |
| bureau | /x | Noun |
| apparatus | xx/x | Noun |
| regimen | /xx | Noun |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| regime | x/ | Noun |
| ministry | /xx | Noun |
| organ | /x | Noun |
| presidency | /xxx | Noun |
| public administration | /xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| authorities | x/xx | Noun |
| office | /x | Noun |
| public service | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| administrative law | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| secretariat | xx/xx | Noun |
| aristocracy | xx/xx | Noun |
| admin | x/ | Noun |
| judicature | x/xx | Noun |
| rule | / | Noun |
| public office | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| economy | x/xx | Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| civil service | /x/x | Name, Name |
| chapter | /x | Noun |
| cabinet | /xx | Noun |
| govern | /x | Verb |
| shogunate | /xx | Noun |
| department | x/x | Noun |
| governorship | /xxx | Noun |
| power structure | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| polity | /xx | Noun |
| oversight | /xx | Noun |
| bylaw | /x | Noun |
| constitutionalism | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| machine | x/ | Noun |
| council | /x | Noun |
| corporation | xx/x | Noun |
| bloated | /x | Adjective |
| echelons | /xx | Noun |
| professionalized | x/xxx | Adjective |
| patrimonial | /xxx | Adjective |
| streamlining | /xx | Verb |
| entrenched | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| stalinist | /xx | Adjective |
| overblown | xx/ | Adjective |
| faceless | /x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| elephantine | xx/x | Adjective |
| banishing | /xx | Verb |
| meritocratic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| unresponsive | xx/x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| ossified | /xx | Adjective |
| burgeoning | /xx | Verb |
| centralised | /xx | Adjective |
| impersonality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| stifling | /x | Verb |
| bogged | / | Verb |
| uncaring | x/x | Adjective |
| dysfunctions | x/x | Noun |
| taming | /x | Verb |
| mired | / | Verb |
| staff | / | Verb |
| sprawling | /x | Verb |
| unelected | xx/x | Adjective |
| oversees | /xx | Verb |
| prussian | /x | Adjective |
| tsarist | xx | Adjective |
| soulless | /x | Adjective |
| lethargic | x/x | Adjective |
| unimaginative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| adheres | x/ | Verb |
| administrators | x/xxx | Noun |
| armies | /x | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| directors | x/x | Noun |
| inspectorate | x/xx | Noun |
| juggernaut | /xx | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| organisation | xxx/x | Noun |
| organization | xxx/x | Noun |
| pentagon | /xx | Name |
| planners | /x | Noun |
| tape | / | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
