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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| nominee | xx/ | Noun, Noun |
| campaigner | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun, Noun |
| candidacy | /xxx | Noun |
| candidature | /xx/ | Noun |
| incumbent | x/x | Noun |
| contender | x/x | Noun |
| presidential | xx/x | Adjective |
| nomination | xx/x | Noun |
| politician | xx/x | Noun |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| aspirant | /xx | Noun |
| qualification | xxx/x | Noun |
| voter | /x | Noun |
| applicant | /xx | Noun |
| position | x/x | Noun |
| challenger | /xx | Noun |
| presidency | /xxx | Noun |
| constituency | x/xxx | Noun |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| councilor | /xx | Noun |
| senator | /xx | Noun |
| opponent | x/x | Noun |
| elected | x/x | Verb |
| person | /x | Noun |
| successor | x/x | Noun |
| gubernatorial | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| nominate | /xx | Verb |
| democrat | /xx | Name |
| canvassing | /xx | Noun |
| vote | / | Noun, Verb |
| republican | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| hopeful | /x | Adjective |
| running mate | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| contestant | x/x | Noun |
| surrogate | /xx | Noun |
| champion | /xx | Noun |
| elector | x/x | Noun |
| supporter | x/x | Noun |
| occupant | /xx | Noun |
| congressman | /xx | Noun |
| teller | /x | Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective |
| councillor | /xx | Noun |
| consultant | x/x | Noun |
| councilman | /xx | Noun |
| competitor | x/xx | Noun |
| participant | x/xx | Noun |
| minister | /xx | Noun |
| appointee | xx/ | Noun |
| absentee | xx/ | Noun |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| representative | xx/xx | Noun |
| lame duck | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| pretender | x/x | Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| claimant | /x | Noun |
| petitioner | x/xx | Noun |
| man in the moon | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| official | x/x | Noun |
| politic | /xx | Noun |
| chooser | /x | Noun |
| watcher | /x | Noun |
| suitor | /x | Noun |
| examinee | x/xx | Noun |
| entrant | /x | Noun |
| politico | x/xx | Noun |
| youngster | /x | Noun |
| attendee | x// | Noun |
| chairman | /x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| fiancé | xx | Noun |
| statesman | /x | Noun |
| proponent | x/x | Noun |
| contributor | x/xx | Noun |
| winner | /x | Noun |
| expectant | x/x | Adjective |
| tracker | /x | Noun |
| businessperson | /x/x | Noun |
| enrollee | x// | Noun |
| examiner | x/xx | Noun |
| junior | /x | Noun |
| pursuer | x/x | Noun |
| citizen | /xx | Noun |
| lobbyist | /xx | Noun |
| spender | /x | Noun |
| persona | x/x | Noun |
| classmate | /x | Noun |
| entrepreneur | xxx/ | Noun |
| legislator | /xxx | Noun |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| follower | /xx | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun |
| heir | / | Noun |
| recruit | x/ | Noun |
| oncogene | /xx | Adverb |
| sainthood | /x | Noun |
| loci | /x | Adverb |
| reelection | xx/x | Noun |
| proposer | x/x | Noun |
| premiership | x/x | Noun |
| mayoral | /xx | Adjective |
| handpicked | // | Adjective |
| consulship | /xx | Noun |
| governorship | /xxx | Noun |
| announced | x/ | Adjective |
| ticket | /x | Noun |
| alderman | /xx | Noun |
| winning | /x | Adjective |
| fielded | /x | Verb |
| underdog | /xx | Adjective |
| canonization | xxx/x | Noun |
| ballot | /x | Noun |
| federalist | /xxx | Adjective |
| unsuccessful | xx/x | Adjective |
| senatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| governor | /xx | Noun |
| whig | / | Adjective |
| polled | / | Verb |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| professorship | x/xx | Noun |
| transplant | x/ | Noun |
| disqualify | x/xx | Verb |
| peronist | /xx | Adjective |
| acceding | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| accession | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alternative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| angiogenic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| anybody | /xxx | Noun |
| anyone | /xx | Noun |
| appellant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| applying | x/x | Noun |
| appoint | x/ | Verb |
| appointment | x/x | Noun |
| baptism | /xx | Noun |
| bid | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cadet | x/ | Noun |
| combining | x/x | Noun |
| dark horse | // | Phrase, Noun |
| derived | x/ | Adjective |
| different | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| disparate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| elective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| eligible | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| endogenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| enlargement | x/x | Noun |
| examination | xxx/x | Noun |
| favorite son | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intern | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| interviewee | xxx/ | Noun |
| investigator | x/xxx | Noun |
| jerk | / | Noun, Verb |
| membership | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| microorganism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| multiple | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| newer | /x | Adjective |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| nonstructural | x/xx | Adjective |
| nontarget | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| other | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| party | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pick | / | Verb, Noun |
| potential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| prospective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| putative | /xx | Adjective |
| received | x/ | Adjective |
| related | x/x | Adjective |
| replicable | /xxx | Adjective |
| run | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| runner | /x | Noun |
| selected | x/x | Adjective |
| selection | x/x | Noun |
| several | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| spoiler | /x | Noun, Verb |
| successful | x/x | Adjective |
| suspect | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| trainee | // | Noun |
| various | /xx | Adjective |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
