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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dike | / | Noun, Verb |
| levee | /x | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| spillway | /x | Noun |
| reservoir | /xx | Noun |
| weir | / | Noun |
| river | /x | Noun |
| tributary | /xxx | Noun |
| river basin | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| culvert | /x | Noun |
| canal | x/ | Noun |
| hydropower | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| lake | / | Noun |
| watercourse | /xx | Noun |
| flume | / | Noun |
| creek | / | Noun |
| basin | /x | Noun |
| impoundment | x/x | Noun |
| waterway | /xx | Noun |
| outfall | /x | Noun |
| water | /x | Noun |
| headwater | /xx | Noun |
| watershed | /xx | Noun |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| aqueduct | /xx | Noun |
| catchment | /x | Noun |
| flood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bridge | / | Noun |
| irrigation | xx/x | Noun |
| seawall | /x | Noun |
| hatchery | /xx | Noun |
| embankments | x/x | Noun |
| streambed | / | Noun |
| silt | / | Noun |
| riverbed | /xx | Noun |
| floodplain | /x | Noun |
| trestle bridge | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| oxbow | /x | Noun |
| dredging | /x | Noun |
| coulee | /x | Noun |
| sedimentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| downstream | // | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| retaining wall | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| wetland | /x | Noun |
| hydro | /x | Noun |
| ponds | / | Noun |
| riverbank | /xx | Noun |
| groundwater | /xx | Noun |
| estuary | /xxx | Noun |
| aquifer | /xx | Noun |
| breakwater | /xx | Noun |
| lagoon | x/ | Noun |
| quarry | /x | Noun |
| septic tank | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| sewage | /x | Noun |
| waterline | /xx | Noun |
| berm | / | Noun |
| brook | / | Noun |
| roadbed | /x | Noun |
| sediment | /xx | Noun |
| waterfall | /xx | Noun |
| turbidity | x/xx | Noun |
| causeway | /x | Noun |
| hoover dam | /x/ | Name, Name |
| water meadow | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| grand canal | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| water butt | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gorge | / | Noun |
| breached | / | Adjective, Verb |
| aswan | x/ | Name |
| sire | /x | Noun |
| powerhouse | /xx | Noun |
| zoned | / | Adjective |
| grendel | /x | Name |
| earthen | /x | Adjective |
| abutment | x/x | Noun |
| foley | /x | Name |
| backwaters | /xx | Noun |
| confluence | /xx | Adjective |
| heightening | /xx | Noun |
| upstream | // | Adverb, Adjective |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| shultz | / | Name |
| zambezi | x/x | Name |
| beaver | /x | Adjective |
| lock | / | Noun |
| sawmill | /x | Noun |
| fill | / | Adjective |
| proposed | x/ | Adjective |
| backs | / | Verb |
| tva | x | Name |
| seepage | /x | Noun |
| bursting | /x | Verb |
| krause | / | Name |
| nile | / | Name |
| toe | / | Noun |
| clamp | / | Noun |
| inflatable | x/xx | Adjective |
| construction | x/x | Noun |
| condom | /x | Noun |
| crest | / | Noun |
| euphrates | x/x | Name |
| submerge | x/ | Verb |
| asteroid | /xx | Noun |
| aswan high dam | x/// | Name, Name |
| backlog | /x | Noun, Verb |
| barrage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| barricade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| billboard | /x | Noun |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| blockade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| boom | / | Noun, Verb |
| building | /x | Noun |
| checkpoint | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| completed | x/x | Adjective |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| coordinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| curriculum | x/xx | Noun |
| dab | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective |
| daffy | /x | Name, Adjective |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| daw | / | Name, Verb |
| democracy | x/xx | Noun |
| democratizing | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| displeasure | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| dock | / | Noun, Verb |
| duck | / | Noun, Verb |
| dune | / | Noun |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
| edge | / | Noun, Verb |
| erection | x/x | Noun |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| gasket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| glacier | /x | Noun |
| hoover | /x | Name, Verb |
| junta | /x | Noun |
| lady | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| meter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| metre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mud | / | Noun, Verb |
| nest | / | Noun, Verb |
| pier | / | Noun |
| pioneering | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| prey | / | Noun, Verb |
| pyramid | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| raft | / | Noun, Verb |
| reform | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| roadblock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| say | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| seal | / | Noun, Verb |
| seine | / | Noun, Verb |
| stadium | /xx | Noun |
| stopper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stopping | /x | Noun |
| swamp | / | Noun, Verb |
| trestle | /x | Noun |
| viaduct | /xx | Noun |
| wall | / | Noun, Verb |
| wattle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| you | / | Verb, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
