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WordSyllablesCategories
abductive
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
abutment
x/x
Noun
achievement
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advancement
x/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
arch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
bayonet
/xx
Noun, Verb
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
brick
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
caveat
/xx
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
changeover
/xx
Noun
chromatic
x/x
Adjective
classificatory
/xxxxx
Adjective
climb
/
Verb, Noun
clue
/
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
contribution
xx/x
Noun
countermeasure
/xxx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crossing
/x
Noun, Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deepen
/x
Verb
degree
x/
Noun
development
x/xx
Noun
direction
x/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drawback
/x
Noun
echelon
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
era
/x
Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
evolution
xx/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extraction
x/x
Noun
facet
/x
Noun, Verb
feet
/
Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
footfall
/x
Noun
footprint
/x
Noun
footstep
/x
Noun
formality
x/xx
Noun
forum
/x
Noun
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
foster
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
gait
/
Noun, Verb
gate
/
Noun, Verb
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
gradation
x/x
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
harmony
/xx
Noun
headway
/x
Noun
heuristic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hop
/
Noun, Verb
hurdle
/x
Noun, Verb
improvement
x/x
Noun
inch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
increment
/xx
Noun, Verb
infantry
/xx
Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
insert
x/
Verb, Noun
installment
x/x
Noun
interfere
xx/
Verb
interim
/xx
Adjective, Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
intervene
xx/
Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
iterative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
juncture
/x
Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
landmark
/x
Noun, Verb
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lemma
/x
Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
line
/
Noun, Verb
link
/
Noun, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
march
/
Name, Verb
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
measurement
/xx
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
modified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
moment
/x
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
movement
/x
Noun
nail
/
Noun, Verb
never
/x
Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
obstacle
/xx
Noun
optimised
/xx
Verb, Adjective
optimized
/xx
Verb, Noun
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pare
/
Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pas
/
Noun
paso
/x
Name
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
passport
/x
Noun, Verb
path
/
Noun, Verb
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
phase
/
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plank
/
Noun, Verb
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
podium
/xx
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
procedure
x/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
progression
x/x
Noun
proviso
x/x
Noun
question
/x
Noun, Verb
rate
/
Noun, Verb
regularized
/xxx
Verb
resign
x/
Verb
riser
/x
Noun
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
rung
/
Noun, Adjective
salt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sequential
x/x
Adjective
shift
/
Noun, Verb
sidestep
/x
Verb, Noun
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
slap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
soli
/x
Noun
solving
/x
Noun
speak
/
Verb, Noun
stadium
/xx
Noun
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stair
/
Noun
staircase
/x
Noun, Verb
stairway
/x
Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
status
/x
Noun
stone
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
strengthen
/x
Verb
stride
/
Noun, Verb
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
synthesis
/xx
Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
tape
/
Noun, Verb
task
/
Noun, Verb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
tier
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
tone
/
Noun, Verb
trample
/x
Verb, Noun
transit
/x
Noun, Verb
transition
x/x
Noun, Verb
tread
/
Verb, Noun
tribune
/x
Name
trigger
/x
Noun, Verb
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
usher
/x
Noun, Verb
wake
/
Verb, Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wave
/
Noun, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
work
/
Noun, Verb