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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| drift | / | Noun |
| folding | /x | Noun |
| creep | / | Noun |
| plate | / | Noun |
| slide | / | Noun |
| slippage | /x | Noun |
| accretion | x/x | Noun |
| slab | / | Noun |
| foreland | /x | Noun |
| transgression | x/x | Noun |
| vergence | /x | Noun |
| cataclysm | /xxx | Noun |
| glacier | /x | Noun |
| rolling stone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crust | / | Noun |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| warping | /x | Noun |
| entrainment | //x | Noun |
| graben | /x | Noun |
| earth tremor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| continental shelf | xx/x/ | Name, Name |
| crag | / | Noun |
| till | / | Noun, Verb |
| rake | / | Noun |
| cordillera | //x | Noun |
| transform | x/ | Verb |
| subsidence | x/x | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| uplift | /x | Noun |
| terrane | x/x | Noun |
| mountain chain | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| continental divide | xx/xx/ | Name, Name |
| fault line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| rift valley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| debris | x/ | Noun |
| horizontal | xx/x | Adjective |
| superposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| abstraction | x/x | Noun |
| bedding | /x | Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun |
| fracture | /x | Noun |
| degradation | xx/x | Noun |
| land bridge | // | Phrase, Noun |
| stage | / | Noun |
| abrasion | x/x | Noun |
| anticline | /xx | Noun |
| geoid | /x | Noun |
| landmass | /x | Noun |
| sheet | / | Noun |
| ice sheet | // | Phrase, Noun |
| landslide | /x | Noun |
| group | / | Noun |
| alluvium | x/xx | Noun |
| climate | /x | Noun |
| aberration | xx/x | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| academicians | xxx/x | Noun |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| adrift | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| african | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| alluvial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| american | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| anglo | /x | Name |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| ashore | x/ | Adverb |
| asian | /x | Adjective, Name |
| attrition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| awl | / | Noun, Adjective |
| balkan | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bentley | /x | Name |
| bias | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| blanketed | /xx | Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blues | / | Noun |
| boarding | /x | Noun |
| boat | / | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| bypass | /x | Noun, Verb |
| canadians | x/xx | Verb |
| capped | / | Adjective |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cherokee | /xx | Name |
| coaster | /x | Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| colonial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| continent | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deflection | x/x | Noun |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| deposition | xx/x | Noun |
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| derailment | x/x | Noun |
| derivation | xx/x | Noun |
| derive | x/ | Verb |
| derogation | /x/x | Noun |
| detour | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deviance | /xx | Noun |
| deviation | xx/x | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| dispersion | x/x | Noun |
| displacement | x/x | Noun |
| distortion | x/x | Noun |
| divergence | x/x | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| divert | x/ | Verb |
| dope | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| doze | / | Verb, Noun |
| drag | / | Verb, Noun |
| driftwood | /x | Noun |
| duchy | /x | Noun |
| earl | / | Noun |
| electricians | xx/x | Noun |
| embezzlement | x/xx | Noun |
| enrichment | x/x | Noun |
| erosion | x/x | Noun |
| err | / | Verb |
| european | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| exodus | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| explorers | x/x | Verb |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| float | / | Noun, Verb |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| gad | / | Name, Verb |
| gallery | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| giants | /x | Verb |
| glacial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| heading | /x | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| hemispheric | xx/x | Adjective |
| hijacking | /xx | Noun |
| hotel | x/ | Noun |
| icbm | //x/ | Name |
| iceberg | /x | Noun |
| immobility | xx/xx | Noun |
| imperial | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| impetus | /xx | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| increases | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| inland | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| insular | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| intercontinental | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| leakage | /x | Noun |
| leeway | /x | Noun |
| limousines | /xx | Noun |
| lincoln | /x | Name |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| lock | / | Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| magdalen | /xx | Name |
| mainland | /x | Noun |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| maritime | /xx | Adjective |
| masters | /x | Noun |
| mediterranean | xxx/xx | Name, Adjective |
| metropolitan | xx/xx | Name, Adjective |
| misappropriation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| movement | /x | Noun |
| nod | / | Noun, Verb |
| ocean | /x | Noun |
| oceanic | xx/x | Adjective |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| onshore | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| outgrowth | /x | Noun |
| pan | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| peninsular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| percolation | /xxx | Noun |
| plateau | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| platform | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prints | / | Verb |
| punch | / | Noun, Verb |
| purport | /x | Verb, Noun |
| raft | / | Noun, Verb |
| ramble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| range | / | Noun, Verb |
| result | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rise | / | Noun, Verb |
| roam | / | Verb, Noun |
| rove | / | Noun, Verb |
| sail | / | Noun, Verb |
| scandinavian | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| sea | / | Noun |
| seaboard | /x | Noun |
| seepage | /x | Noun |
| separate | /xx | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| shelf | / | Noun |
| shift | / | Noun, Verb |
| shrinkage | /x | Noun |
| slip | / | Noun, Verb |
| slow | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| snow | / | Noun, Verb |
| sparsity | /xx | Noun |
| stabilizer | /xxx | Noun |
| stem | / | Noun, Verb |
| stray | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| stream | / | Noun, Verb |
| subcontinent | x/xx | Noun |
| submergence | x/x | Noun |
| swan | / | Noun, Verb |
| sway | / | Noun, Verb |
| swing | / | Noun, Verb |
| tendency | /xx | Noun |
| tenor | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| tide | / | Noun, Verb |
| torpedo | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| trackless | /x | Adjective |
| transcontinental | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| trawl | / | Noun, Verb |
| tray | / | Noun, Verb |
| trend | / | Noun, Verb |
| trodden | /x | Adjective |
| vagabond | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| vagueness | /x | Noun |
| variance | /xx | Noun |
