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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| conversational | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| informal | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| dialectal | /xxx | Adjective |
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| ungrammatical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| argot | /x | Noun |
| adjective | /xx | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| lingo | /x | Noun |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| demotic | x/x | Name |
| grammatical | x/xx | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| etymological | xxx/xx | Noun |
| connotation | xx/x | Noun |
| diction | /x | Noun |
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun |
| folksy | /x | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| prosaic | x/x | Adjective |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| terminology | xx/xx | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| formal | /x | Adjective |
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| interjection | xx/x | Noun |
| casual | /xx | Adjective |
| honorific | xx/x | Adjective |
| endearment | x/x | Noun |
| connotative | xx/x | Adjective |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| inflections | x/x | Noun |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective |
| expletive | /xx | Noun |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| nomic | /x | Adjective |
| standard | /x | Noun |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective |
| habitual | x/xx | Adjective |
| lexical | /xx | Adjective |
| literate | /xx | Adjective |
| parol | xx | Noun |
| speaking | /x | Verb |
| fluent | /x | Adjective |
| vanilla | x/x | Noun |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| genetic | x/x | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| notional | /xx | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective |
| phonetic | x/x | Adjective |
| lingual | /x | Noun |
| regular | /xx | Adjective |
| illocutionary | /x/xxx | Adjective |
| count | / | Noun |
| kuna | /x | Noun |
| oriya | x/x | Name |
| malayalam | x/x/ | Name |
| sinhala | /xx | Name |
| arabic | /xx | Name |
| cantonese | xx/ | Name |
| hindustani | /x/x | Name |
| tamil | x/ | Name |
| telugu | /xx | Name |
| bengali | x/x | Name |
| kannada | //x | Name |
| indonesian | xx/x | Name |
| sinhalese | xx/ | Name |
| afrikaans | xx/ | Name |
| tibetan | x/x | Name |
| malay | /x | Name |
| burmese | x/ | Name |
| yiddish | /x | Name |
| hindi | /x | Name |
| czech | / | Name |
| urdu | x/ | Name |
| welsh | / | Name |
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| persian | /x | Name |
| spanish | /x | Name |
| egyptian | x/x | Name |
| english | /x | Name |
| scots | / | Name |
| swedish | /x | Name |
| russian | /x | Name |
| hebrew | /x | Name |
| speech | / | Noun |
| japanese | xx/ | Name |
| mandarin | /xx | Noun |
| portuguese | /xx | Name |
| directness | x/x | Noun |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| aramaic | /x/x | Name, Adjective |
| cookery | /xx | Noun |
| craftsmen | /x | Noun |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| folktales | /x | Noun |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| gardening | /xx | Noun |
| german | /x | Adjective, Name |
| greek | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| mathematics | xx/x | Noun |
| navel | /x | Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| racy | /x | Adjective |
| remained | x/ | Verb |
| scholarship | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| simplified | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| stilted | /x | Adjective |
| style | / | Noun, Verb |
| untranslatable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
