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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| crawl | / | Verb, Verb | 
| moving | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| encroaching | x/x | Noun | 
| seeping | /x | Verb | 
| slithering | /xx | Verb | 
| slinking | /x | Verb | 
| lurking | /x | Verb | 
| sneaking | /x | Verb | 
| slipping | /x | Verb | 
| inching | /x | Verb | 
| lurching | /x | Verb | 
| spreading | /x | Verb | 
| growing | /x | Verb | 
| skulking | /x | Verb | 
| scuttling | /xx | Noun | 
| tiptoeing | /xx | Verb | 
| rampant | /x | Adjective | 
| lingering | /xx | Adjective | 
| hovering | /xx | Verb | 
| permeating | /xxx | Verb | 
| pervading | x/x | Adjective | 
| rising | /x | Verb | 
| swarming | /x | Verb | 
| drifting | /x | Verb | 
| gnawing | /x | Noun | 
| springing | /x | Verb | 
| counteracting | xx/x | Verb | 
| coming | /x | Verb | 
| shifting | /x | Verb | 
| flitting | /x | Verb | 
| nudging | /x | Verb | 
| eroding | x/x | Verb | 
| wafting | /x | Verb | 
| smothering | /xx | Noun | 
| peeking | /x | Verb | 
| trickling | /x | Noun | 
| dragging | /x | Verb | 
| looming | /x | Verb | 
| accelerating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| scampering | /xx | Verb | 
| skittering | /xx | Noun | 
| falling | /x | Verb | 
| poking | /x | Verb | 
| nibbling | /xx | Verb | 
| prowling | /x | Verb | 
| sliding | /x | Verb | 
| stalking | /x | Noun | 
| fading | /x | Noun | 
| combatting | x/x | Verb | 
| oozing | /x | Verb | 
| darkening | /xx | Noun | 
| surging | /x | Adjective | 
| pushing | /x | Verb | 
| squashing | /x | Verb | 
| swaying | /x | Verb | 
| burrowing | /xx | Noun | 
| intensifying | x/xxx | Verb | 
| ebbing | /x | Noun | 
| infiltrating | x/xx | Verb | 
| piling | /x | Verb | 
| rolling | /x | Noun | 
| clawing | /x | Noun | 
| sauntering | /xx | Verb | 
| subsiding | x/x | Verb | 
| galloping | /xx | Noun | 
| dripping | /x | Verb | 
| turning | /x | Verb | 
| sprouting | /x | Noun | 
| escalating | /xxx | Noun | 
| receding | x/x | Noun | 
| morphing | /x | Noun | 
| increasing | x/x | Verb | 
| sapping | /x | Verb | 
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| infecting | x/x | Noun | 
| invading | x/x | Adjective | 
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb | 
| intruding | x/x | Verb | 
| blossoming | /xx | Noun | 
| crouching | /x | Verb | 
| stealthily | /xx | Adverb | 
| wobbling | /xx | Noun | 
| ambling | /xx | Verb | 
| fluttering | /xx | Verb | 
| loping | /x | Verb | 
| snaking | /x | Verb | 
| peeping | /x | Noun | 
| spiraling | /xx | Noun | 
| shuffling | /x | Noun | 
| preying | /x | Verb | 
| disappearing | xx/x | Verb | 
| whispering | /xx | Verb | 
| sweeping | /x | Verb | 
| propagating | /xxx | Verb | 
| hiding | /x | Noun | 
| emerging | x/x | Verb | 
| swirling | /x | Verb | 
| circling | /xx | Verb | 
| crowding | /x | Noun | 
| vanishing | /xx | Noun | 
| strangling | /xx | Noun | 
| insidiously | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| slowing | /x | Verb | 
| veering | /x | Verb | 
| rumbling | /xx | Noun | 
| ramping | /x | Noun | 
| retreating | x/x | Verb | 
| shrinking | /x | Noun | 
| blooming | /x | Noun | 
| stomping | /x | Noun | 
| clambering | /xx | Verb | 
| darting | /x | Verb | 
| trudging | /x | Verb | 
| battling | /xx | Verb | 
| dropping | /x | Verb | 
| stalling | /x | Noun | 
| luring | /x | Verb | 
| multiplying | /xxx | Verb | 
| crushing | /x | Verb | 
| bubbling | /xx | Noun | 
| succumbing | x/x | Verb | 
| seeming | /x | Verb | 
| overtaking | /xxx | Verb | 
| nipping | /x | Verb | 
| creasing | /x | Verb | 
| leaking | /x | Verb | 
| treading | /x | Verb | 
| stepping | /x | Verb | 
| trampling | /x | Noun | 
| insinuation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| clinging | /x | Verb | 
| penetration | xx/x | Noun | 
| breaching | /x | Noun | 
| wading | /x | Verb | 
| lapsing | /x | Verb | 
| easing | /x | Noun | 
| cranking | /x | Noun | 
| ratcheting | /xx | Noun | 
| scaling | /x | Noun | 
| pulling | /x | Verb | 
| quieting | /xx | Verb | 
| stretching | /x | Verb | 
| stooping | /x | Noun | 
| leakage | /x | Noun | 
| snatching | /x | Verb | 
| simmering | /xx | Verb | 
| tensing | /x | Noun | 
| tunneling | /xx | Noun | 
| approaching | x/x | Verb | 
| through | / | Verb | 
| rhizome | /x | Verb | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb | 
| democratization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bead | / | Noun, Verb | 
| belting | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| blackboard | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| blister | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bracelets | /x | Noun | 
| braiding | /x | Noun | 
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb | 
| bulbous | /x | Adjective | 
| coffin | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cone | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cutout | /x | Noun | 
| decks | / | Noun | 
| displacement | x/x | Noun | 
| doublet | /x | Noun | 
| downy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| edible | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| finger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fringing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| girt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| hairy | /x | Adjective | 
| herbaceous | x/x | Adjective | 
| herpetic | /xx | Adjective | 
| interrupted | xx/x | Adjective | 
| leggy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| lines | / | Noun | 
| needles | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| nettle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| prickly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| sappy | /x | Adjective | 
| scrolling | /x | Noun | 
| spiky | /x | Adjective | 
| spindly | /x | Adjective | 
| tallest | /x | Adjective | 
| timorous | /xx | Adjective | 
| trailing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| wilting | /x | Noun | 
| withered | /x | Adjective | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
