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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| war of independence | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| cold war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| world war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| fight | / | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| class warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| gang war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| declaration of war | xx/x// | Phrase, Noun |
| single combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| feud | / | Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| clash | / | Noun |
| fight to the finish | //x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| skirmish | /x | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| turf war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| battle royal | /x/x | Name, Name |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| contest | /x | Noun |
| civil defense | /xx/ | Name, Name |
| mortal combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| prisoner of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| blood feud | // | Phrase, Noun |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun |
| quarrel | /x | Noun |
| tactical | /xx | Adjective |
| war of words | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| brawl | / | Noun |
| vendetta | x/x | Noun |
| crusade | x/ | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| debate | x/ | Noun |
| conquest | /x | Noun |
| counterinsurgency | xxx/xx | Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| list | / | Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| militia | x/x | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| controversy | /xxx | Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| white flag | // | Name, Name |
| war cry | // | Phrase, Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| front line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| corps | / | Noun |
| invasion | x/x | Noun |
| war of nerves | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| battle of the sexes | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| fallen | /x | Verb |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| armistice | /xx | Noun |
| storm | / | Noun |
| war effort | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| casus belli | xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| martial law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| brigade | x/ | Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| warcraft | /x | Name |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| revolt | x/ | Noun |
| arms race | // | Phrase, Noun |
| standoff | /x | Noun |
| struggle | /x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| council of war | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| enemy combatant | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| truce | / | Noun |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| agon | /x | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun |
| domestic | x/x | Adjective |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| admiralty | /xxx | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| agrarian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alliance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| antidumping | xx/x | Adjective |
| antiwar | xx/ | Adjective |
| apartheid | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| armed | / | Adjective |
| army | /x | Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bailiff | /x | Noun |
| battlefield | /xx | Noun |
| battleground | /xx | Noun |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| bellum | /x | Name |
| biological warfare | xx/xx/x | Name, Name |
| blitz | / | Noun, Verb |
| blitzkrieg | /x | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bomb | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bourgeois | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| burger | /x | Noun |
| calendar | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cantonal | /xx | Adjective |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chemical warfare | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| citizen | /xx | Noun |
| citizenship | /xxx | Noun |
| civic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| civilised | /xx | Adjective |
| civilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| colonial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| cos | / | Noun |
| courteous | /xx | Adjective |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| damages | /xx | Noun |
| death | / | Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| destroyer | x/x | Noun |
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| ecclesiastic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ecclesiastical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| eligibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| emergency | x/xx | Noun |
| encampment | x/x | Noun |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| espionage | /xxx | Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| fear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| federal | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| federalists | /xxx | Noun |
| fighter | /x | Noun |
| folk | / | Noun, Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| freedoms | /x | Noun |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| go to war | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| guard | / | Noun, Verb |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| han | / | Name |
| hate | / | Verb, Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| holocaust | /xx | Name, Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| interwar | xxx | Adjective |
| iran | x/ | Name |
| iraq | x/ | Name |
| jewish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| jihad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| judicial | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| karo | /x | Name |
| kill | / | Verb, Noun |
| land | / | Noun, Verb |
| launch | / | Noun, Verb |
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| love | / | Noun, Verb |
| mainland | /x | Noun |
| manorial | x/xx | Adjective |
| marital | /xx | Adjective |
| martial | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| matrimonial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| military | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| ming | / | Name, Verb |
| month | / | Noun |
| motifs | x/ | Noun |
| municipal | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| naval | /x | Adjective, Name |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| nongovernmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| parliament | /xx | Noun |
| patrol | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| peace | / | Noun, Verb |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| persian | /x | Name, Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| plain | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| plainclothes | // | Noun, Adjective |
| poets | /x | Noun |
| pol | / | Noun |
| polemic | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| policy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| polite | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| population | xx/x | Noun |
| postwar | // | Adjective |
| pows | / | Name |
| preparedness | x/xx | Noun |
| prewar | x/ | Adjective |
| private | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| provincial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| psychological warfare | xx/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| pubic | /x | Adjective |
| public | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| reform | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| religious | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| revolution | xx/x | Noun |
| revolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| roman | /x | Name, Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| salvadoran | /xxx | Adjective, Name |
| scary | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| secession | x/x | Noun |
| secular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sidereal | //xx | Adjective |
| social | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| socialist | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| societal | x/xx | Adjective |
| special | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
