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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| dead zone | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| silent | /x | Adjective | 
| snow | / | Noun | 
| still | / | Adverb | 
| dry spell | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| dead center | //x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| dead of night | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| deep | / | Adjective | 
| dead of winter | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| dark space | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| shadowing | /xx | Noun | 
| downtime | /x | Noun | 
| calm | / | Noun | 
| power cut | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| moment of silence | /x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| blackout | /x | Noun | 
| resting | /x | Verb | 
| doldrums | /x | Noun | 
| dwindling | /xx | Noun | 
| slumber | /x | Noun | 
| lapse | / | Noun | 
| doze off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| fade to black | /// | Name, Verb, Name | 
| full stop | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| outage | /x | Noun | 
| dark | / | Adjective | 
| death knell | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| languor | // | Noun | 
| time out of mind | //// | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| fringe | / | Noun | 
| silly season | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| delaying | x/x | Verb | 
| drought | / | Noun | 
| curtains | /x | Noun | 
| sleep | / | Noun | 
| rainy day | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| drop | / | Noun | 
| days | / | Noun | 
| curfew | /x | Noun | 
| small hours | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| false dawn | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| frost | / | Noun | 
| breathing spell | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| dust | / | Noun | 
| standstill | /x | Noun | 
| lull | / | Noun | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| grey area | //xx | Name, Name | 
| bloom | / | Noun | 
| doze | / | Noun | 
| beauty sleep | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| obscurity | x/xx | Noun | 
| fallout | /x | Noun | 
| watch | / | Noun | 
| nuclear winter | /xx/x | Name, Name | 
| passing | /x | Noun | 
| night | / | Noun | 
| snooze | / | Noun | 
| lights out | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| dawn chorus | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| black | / | Name | 
| wait | / | Verb | 
| dusk | / | Noun | 
| decease | x/ | Noun | 
| cold spell | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| last gasp | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| hibernation | xx/x | Noun | 
| deathbed | /x | Noun | 
| aboveground | x/x | Adjective | 
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb | 
| abscess | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb | 
| aerial | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| aerodrome | /xx | Noun | 
| aeroplane | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| aerospace | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| afterlife | /xx | Noun | 
| airborne | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| airbus | /x | Name | 
| aircraft | /x | Noun | 
| aire | / | Noun | 
| aired | / | Adjective | 
| airfare | /x | Noun | 
| airfield | /x | Noun | 
| airflow | /x | Noun | 
| airlift | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| airline | /x | Noun | 
| airliner | /xx | Noun | 
| airmen | /x | Noun | 
| airplane | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| airport | /x | Noun | 
| airspace | /x | Noun | 
| airstream | /x | Noun | 
| airway | /x | Noun | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| all in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun | 
| alley | /x | Noun | 
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| antenna | x/x | Noun | 
| antiaircraft | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun | 
| apis | xx | Noun | 
| appear | x/ | Verb | 
| appearance | x/x | Noun | 
| area | /xx | Noun | 
| aria | /xx | Noun | 
| aryan | /xx | Adjective, Name | 
| ashes | /x | Noun | 
| asleep | x/ | Adjective | 
| asphalt | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| assassinated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| at peace | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| at rest | // | Phrase | 
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun | 
| atmospheric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| aura | /x | Noun | 
| aviation | xx/x | Noun | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| balloon | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| barometric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| beam | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bearing | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective | 
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| bloodless | /x | Adjective | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| body | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bombing | /x | Noun | 
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| bread | / | Noun, Verb | 
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| breathe | / | Verb | 
| breather | /x | Noun | 
| breathless | /x | Adjective | 
| breeze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brides | / | Noun | 
| brine | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bring out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| broadcast | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| 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 | 
| canada | /xx | Name | 
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| captives | /x | Verb | 
| carcase | /x | Noun | 
| carcass | /x | Noun | 
| carrier | /xx | Noun | 
| casualties | /xxx | Noun | 
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun | 
| claimed | / | Noun | 
| clean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| climate | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cloud | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| compressed air | x// | Phrase, Noun | 
| comrades | /x | Noun | 
| concern | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| cooked | / | Adjective | 
| coolant | /x | Noun | 
| cooling | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coupe | / | Noun | 
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| cremation | x/x | Noun | 
| crippled | /x | Adjective | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| deadened | /x | Adjective | 
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| deathly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| decaying | x/x | Noun | 
| decedent | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| demeanor | x/x | Noun | 
| demented | x/x | Adjective | 
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| deportment | x/x | Noun | 
| dew | / | Noun, Verb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| diseased | x/ | Adjective | 
| dish | / | Noun, Verb | 
| disquiet | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| disseminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| distraught | x/ | Adjective | 
| districts | /x | Noun | 
| dixie | /x | Name | 
| doctors | /x | Name | 
| dome | / | Noun, Verb | 
| doomed | / | Adjective | 
| dormant | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| downloaded | /xx | Verb | 
| drained | / | Adjective | 
| drive | / | Noun, Verb | 
| drown | / | Verb, Noun | 
| duck | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ear | / | Noun, Verb | 
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| emissions | x/x | Noun | 
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| environment | x/xx | Noun | 
| executed | /xxx | Adjective | 
| execution | xx/x | Noun | 
