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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gizmo | /x | Noun, Noun |
| appliance | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| widget | /x | Noun, Noun |
| contraption | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| dodge | / | Noun, Noun |
| convenience | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| gadget | /x | Noun, Noun |
| contrive | x/ | Verb |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| ruse | / | Noun |
| imposture | x/x | Noun |
| instrumentality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| trickery | /xx | Noun |
| cleverness | /xx | Noun |
| ploy | / | Noun |
| affectation | xx/x | Noun |
| gimmick | /x | Noun |
| pretension | x/x | Noun |
| expedients | x/xx | Noun |
| artificiality | xx/xxx | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| superfluity | /x/xx | Noun |
| factitious | x/x | Adjective |
| improbability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| sleight | / | Noun |
| implausible | x/xx | Adjective |
| ingenuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| chicanery | x/xx | Noun |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun |
| connivance | x/x | Noun |
| peculiarity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| cunning | /x | Adjective |
| impediment | x/xx | Noun |
| motive | /x | Noun |
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective |
| apparatus | xx/x | Noun |
| sophistry | x/x | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| happenstance | /xx | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun |
| anachronism | x/xxx | Noun |
| tool | / | Noun |
| mechanic | x/x | Noun |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| works | / | Noun |
| mechanism | /xxx | Noun |
| engine | /x | Noun |
| machine | x/ | Noun |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| machinery | x/xx | Noun |
| setup | /x | Noun |
| conveyor | x/x | Noun |
| vehicle | /xx | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| assembly | x/x | Noun |
| automaton | x/xx | Noun |
| moderator | /xxx | Noun |
| spring | / | Noun |
| motion | /x | Noun |
| linkage | /x | Noun |
| workings | /x | Noun |
| lever | /x | Noun |
| belting | /x | Noun |
| robot | /x | Noun |
| button | /x | Noun |
| coupling | /x | Noun |
| insert | x/ | Noun |
| servo | /x | Noun |
| accelerator | x/xxx | Noun |
| ratchet | /x | Noun |
| motor | /x | Noun |
| actuator | /xxx | Noun |
| trip | / | Noun |
| watercraft | /xx | Noun |
| rivalled | /x | Verb |
| forethought | /x | Noun |
| destitute | /xx | Noun |
| ingenuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| felicity | x/xx | Noun |
| landmarks | /x | Noun |
| camouflage | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| combination | xx/x | Noun |
| disguise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| handgun | /x | Noun |
| handiwork | /xx | Noun |
| instrument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| invention | x/x | Noun |
| plant | / | Noun, Verb |
| resourceful | x/x | Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| suggestion | x/x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
