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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| laxative | /xx | Adjective |
| purgative | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| physic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| healthful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| releasing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| psychotherapeutic | xxxx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| catharsis | x/x | Noun |
| exhilarating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| therapeutic | xx/x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| invigorating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bittersweet | /xx | Noun |
| uplifting | /xx | Noun |
| redemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| visceral | /xx | Adjective |
| gratifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| enlightening | x/xx | Adjective |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| revelatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| satisfying | /xxx | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective |
| heartfelt | /x | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| calming | /x | Noun |
| soothing | /x | Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| riveting | /xx | Noun |
| euphoric | x/x | Adjective |
| liberating | /xxx | Verb |
| introspective | xx/x | Adjective |
| humbling | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| heartwarming | /xx | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| enjoyable | x/xx | Adjective |
| ritualistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| caustic | /x | Noun |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| raucous | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| engrossing | x/x | Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| tearful | /x | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| triumphant | x/x | Adjective |
| sobering | /xx | Adjective |
| insightful | /xx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| inspiring | x/x | Adjective |
| instructive | x/x | Adjective |
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| anodyne | /xx | Noun |
| thrilling | /x | Adjective |
| pleasurable | /xxx | Adjective |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| transformative | x/xx | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| curative | /xx | Adjective |
| medicinal | x/xx | Adjective |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective |
| physical | /xx | Adjective |
| psychotropic | xx/x | Noun |
| medical | /xx | Name |
| cataclysmic | xx/x | Adjective |
| phrenic | /x | Noun |
| cathodic | /xx | Noun |
| psychoactive | xx/x | Adjective |
| emetic | x/x | Noun |
| hypnosis | x/x | Noun |
| colon | /x | Noun |
| pills | / | Noun |
| enema | /xx | Noun |
| purge | / | Noun |
| outpouring | x/x | Noun |
| charcoal | /x | Noun |
| cure | / | Noun |
| cleansing | /x | Noun |
| outlet | /x | Noun |
| climax | /x | Noun |
| effect | x/ | Noun |
| ingestion | x/x | Noun |
| medicines | /xx | Noun |
| laughter | /x | Noun |
| psychotherapy | xx/xx | Noun |
| outbursts | /x | Noun |
| relief | x/ | Noun |
| ritual | /xx | Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun |
| habit | /x | Noun |
| method | /x | Noun |
| salts | / | Noun |
| confession | x/x | Noun |
| experience | x/xx | Noun |
| explosion | x/x | Noun |
| function | /x | Noun |
| therapies | /xx | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun |
| used | / | Verb |
| drug | / | Noun |
| humour | /x | Noun |
| interventions | xx/x | Noun |
| tears | / | Noun |
| rites | / | Noun |
| virtues | /x | Noun |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| healing | /x | Noun |
| exercise | /xx | Noun |
| medication | xx/x | Noun |
| preparations | xx/x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| agent | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| resolution | xx/x | Noun |
| aloes | /x | Noun |
| altering | /xx | Noun |
| anaesthetic | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| antiseptic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| astringent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| castor oil | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| diuretic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| educative | /xxx | Adjective |
| efficacious | xx/x | Adjective |
| epsom salts | /x/ | Name, Name |
| hypnotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| milk of magnesia | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| narcotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| preservative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| preventative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| purgation | //x | Noun |
| relaxant | x/x | Noun |
| relieving | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| restorative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sedative | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| suppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| tonic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
