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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| junk mail | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dead loss | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dead cert | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| departed | x/x | Verb |
| lost cause | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dead hand | // | Phrase, Noun |
| lost soul | // | Phrase, Noun |
| garbage | /x | Noun |
| derelict | /xx | Noun |
| junk | / | Noun |
| stillborn | // | Adjective |
| abandonment | x/xx | Noun |
| dead end | // | Phrase, Noun |
| offal | /x | Noun |
| forgotten | x/x | Verb |
| death | / | Noun |
| dead duck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dry hole | // | Phrase, Noun |
| loose ends | // | Phrase, Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| unfinished business | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| unreachable | x/xx | Adjective |
| invalid | /xx | Noun |
| wastage | /x | Noun |
| vacuum | /x | Noun |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| miss | / | Name |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| doom | / | Noun |
| loss of life | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| fate | / | Noun |
| unusable | x/xx | Adjective |
| living death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| damaged goods | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| lost property | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| zombie | /x | Noun |
| uncollectible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| missing link | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| leftover | /xx | Adjective |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| perdu | x/ | Noun |
| something or other | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| lame duck | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| blank | / | Noun |
| decay | x/ | Noun |
| void | / | Noun |
| downer | /x | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| crab | / | Noun |
| wreck | / | Noun |
| dirty linen | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective |
| deadwood | /x | Noun |
| unobtainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| default | x/ | Noun |
| orphan | /x | Noun |
| goodbye | x/ | Noun |
| reject | x/ | Verb |
| nonuse | x/ | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun |
| waste of time | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| heart attack | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| debris | x/ | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| closed book | // | Phrase, Noun |
| carrion | /xx | Noun |
| throwaway | /xx | Noun |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| random | /x | Noun |
| intestate | x/x | Noun |
| abortive | x/x | Adjective |
| second | /x | Noun |
| illiterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| sad sack | // | Phrase, Noun |
| condemned | x/ | Verb |
| dropout | /x | Noun |
| bad news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| drug | / | Noun |
| meaninglessness | /xxx | Noun |
| delinquent | x/x | Noun |
| want | / | Verb |
| wreckage | /x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| deadbeat | /x | Noun |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| resignation | xx/x | Noun |
| wrong number | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| blind alley | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| misfit | /x | Noun |
| deplorable | x/xx | Adjective |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| nonperformance | xx/x | Noun |
| empty words | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| debacle | x/x | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| acronym | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| affidavit | xx/x | Noun |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| aleph | /x | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| all in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| alley | /x | Noun |
| alpha | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| alphabet | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| alphabetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| alphabetical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| article | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| asleep | x/ | Adjective |
| assassinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| at peace | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| at rest | // | Phrase |
| audiotape | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| believed | x/ | Adjective |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| beta | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| beth | / | Name |
| bill | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodless | /x | Adjective |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| book | / | Noun, Verb |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breathless | /x | Adjective |
| brides | / | Noun |
| brief | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| brightest | /x | Adjective |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brothers | /x | Noun |
| bulletin | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| buried | /x | Adjective |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| cadaver | x/x | Noun |
| calcined | /x | Adjective |
| cameo | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| canto | /x | Noun |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| captives | /x | Verb |
| carcase | /x | Noun |
| carcass | /x | Noun |
| card | / | Noun, Verb |
| carte | / | Noun |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| chain letter | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| charter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chatter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chi | / | Name |
| circular | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| claimed | / | Verb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| comrades | /x | Noun |
| consignment | x/x | Noun |
| consonant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cooked | / | Adjective |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
| coupe | / | Noun |
| courier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cremation | x/x | Noun |
| crippled | /x | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| deathly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| decedent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| december | x/x | Name |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| delta | /x | Noun, Verb |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| despatch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| destination | xx/x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| digraph | xx | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| dixie | /x | Name |
| doctors | /x | Name |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dormant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downloaded | /xx | Verb |
| drained | / | Adjective |
| drown | / | Verb, Noun |
| duck | / | Noun, Verb |
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ell | / | Noun |
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| encyclical | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| envelope | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| epistle | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| epsilon | /xx | Noun |
| ess | / | Noun, Verb |
| eta | /x | Noun, Verb |
| executed | /xxx | Adjective |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| expendable | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| eyed | / | Adjective |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatalities | x/xx | Noun |
| fatally | /xx | Adverb |
| feeding | /x | Noun |
| finished | /x | Adjective |
| flakes | / | Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| follower | /xx | Noun |
| font | / | Noun, Verb |
| friend | / | Noun, Verb |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| funeral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| gamma | /x | Noun |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| genus | /x | Noun |
| gob | / | Noun, Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| goner | /x | Noun |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| greek | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| he | / | Noun, Adjective |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| heaven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hebrew | /x | Name, Adjective |
| heth | / | Name |
