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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| transversal | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| across | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Noun | 
| horizontal | xx/x | Noun, Noun, Adjective | 
| transverse | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| trans | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| lengthwise | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| lengthways | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| diagonally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| athwart | x/ | Adverb | 
| perpendicularly | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| longitudinally | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| parallel | /xx | Noun | 
| diagonal | x/xx | Noun | 
| crisscross | /x | Noun | 
| bisected | x/x | Verb | 
| vertically | /xx | Adverb | 
| cutis | /x | Noun | 
| selfsame | // | Adjective | 
| equidistant | /x/x | Adjective | 
| betwixt | x/ | Adjective | 
| asunder | x/x | Adverb | 
| inwards | /x | Noun | 
| sideways | /x | Adverb | 
| slice | / | Verb, Noun | 
| hither | /x | Noun | 
| abutting | x/x | Verb | 
| downwards | /x | Noun | 
| overlapping | /xxx | Adjective | 
| traverse | /x | Noun | 
| cruciate | /xx | Noun | 
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective | 
| prostrate | /x | Adjective | 
| abreast | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| circumflex | x/x | Noun | 
| overlying | xx/x | Noun | 
| westward | /x | Noun | 
| rectilinear | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| opposite | /xx | Noun | 
| collateral | x/xx | Noun | 
| side | / | Noun | 
| recumbent | x/x | Adjective | 
| prone | / | Adjective | 
| zigzag | /x | Noun | 
| pierced | / | Verb | 
| up and down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective | 
| halve | / | Verb | 
| slung | / | Verb | 
| cut | / | Noun, Verb | 
| thinly | /x | Adverb | 
| nailed | / | Verb | 
| fold | / | Verb | 
| lying | /x | Verb | 
| lie | / | Verb | 
| fastened | /x | Verb | 
| place | / | Verb | 
| stacked | / | Verb | 
| running | /x | Verb | 
| parked | / | Verb | 
| stretched | / | Verb | 
| arranged | x/ | Verb | 
| tie | / | Verb | 
| mounted | /x | Verb | 
| worn | / | Verb | 
| stuck | / | Verb | 
| inserted | x/x | Verb | 
| split | / | Verb | 
| extending | x/x | Verb | 
| positioned | x/x | Verb | 
| divided | x/x | Verb | 
| gotten | /x | Verb | 
| hung | / | Verb | 
| sitting | /x | Verb | 
| amidships | x/x | Adverb | 
| anteroposterior | /x/x/x | Adjective | 
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| asymmetrical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| circumferential | x/x/x | Adjective | 
| contrapuntal | x//x | Adjective | 
| crossbar | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| deck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| handle | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| hoop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| inches | /x | Verb | 
| lath | / | Noun, Verb | 
| oblique | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| plank | / | Noun, Verb | 
| roll | / | Noun, Verb | 
| semicircular | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| sill | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| slat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| spiral | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| square | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| strip | / | Noun, Verb | 
| upwards | /x | Adverb | 
| zag | / | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| aisle | / | Noun | 
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
