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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| aground | x/ | Adverb |
| stranded | /x | Adjective |
| waterlogged | /xx | Adjective |
| beached | / | Verb |
| high and dry | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| freshwater | /xx | Noun |
| grounded | /x | Verb |
| shipwrecked | /x | Adjective |
| overboard | /xx | Adverb |
| foul | / | Adjective |
| adrift | x/ | Adverb |
| stiff | / | Adjective |
| wild | / | Adjective |
| underwater | /xxx | Adjective |
| broke | / | Verb |
| waterborne | /xx | Noun |
| crank | / | Noun |
| inboard | /x | Adjective |
| laid up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| castaway | /xx | Noun |
| shipboard | /x | Noun |
| fished out | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| drafted | /x | Verb |
| in the same boat | xx// | Phrase, Adjective |
| stricken | /x | Adjective |
| marine | x/ | Noun |
| hulled | / | Adjective |
| seasick | /x | Adjective |
| sailed | / | Verb |
| taken aback | /xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| girt | / | Noun |
| quartering | /xx | Noun |
| steamboats | /x | Noun |
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| outboard | /x | Noun |
| nautical | /xx | Noun |
| seaborne | /x | Name |
| shipped | / | Verb |
| anchored | /x | Verb |
| auxiliary | x/xx | Noun |
| naval | /x | Name |
| touch and go | /// | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| on board | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| seafaring | //x | Noun |
| abreast | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| footed | /x | Adjective |
| navigable | /xxx | Adjective |
| foremost | /x | Adjective |
| before the mast | x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| up and down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| flying | /x | Noun |
| high | / | Adjective |
| light | / | Noun |
| onboard | /x | Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective |
| inshore | // | Adjective |
| shored | / | Verb |
| footloose | /x | Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective |
| shoal | / | Noun |
| seagoing | /xx | Adjective |
| seaward | /x | Noun |
| awash | x/ | Noun |
| port | / | Noun |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| feathered | /x | Adjective |
| navicular | x/xx | Noun |
| necked | / | Adjective |
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb |
| abs | /// | Noun, Adjective |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| ada | /x | Name |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| agua | /x | Noun |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| all in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| alley | /x | Noun |
| alma | /x | Name |
| alteration | xx/x | Noun |
| ammonia | x/x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| aqua | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| aqueduct | /xx | Noun |
| aqueous | /xx | Adjective |
| aquifer | /xx | Noun |
| asleep | x/ | Adjective |
| assassinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| at peace | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| at rest | // | Phrase |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| barge | / | Noun, Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| benzyl | /x | Noun |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| bilge | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodless | /x | Adjective |
| boat | / | Noun, Verb |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breathless | /x | Adjective |
| brides | / | Adjective |
| brine | / | Noun, Verb |
| briny | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brothers | /x | Noun |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| buried | /x | Adjective |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| cadaver | x/x | Noun |
| calcined | /x | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| captives | /x | Verb |
| carcase | /x | Noun |
| carcass | /x | Noun |
| cascade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| casualties | /xxx | Noun |
| cataract | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chilled | / | Adjective |
| chocolate | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| claimed | / | Verb |
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| coffee | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coke | / | Noun, Verb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun |
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| comrades | /x | Noun |
| condensate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cooked | / | Adjective |
| coolant | /x | Noun |
| cooler | /x | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| coupe | / | Noun |
| cove | / | Noun, Verb |
| cream | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| creek | / | Noun, Adjective |
| cremation | x/x | Noun |
| crippled | /x | Adjective |
| crossing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| death | / | Noun |
| deathly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| decaying | x/x | Noun |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| decedent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| deepwater | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| depth | / | Noun |
| diaphoresis | x/x/x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| distilled water | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| distribution | xx/x | Noun |
| dixie | /x | Name |
| doctors | /x | Name |
| doomed | / | Adjective |
| dormant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downloaded | /xx | Noun |
| drain | / | Verb, Noun |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| drinking water | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| drought | / | Noun |
| drown | / | Verb, Noun |
| duck | / | Noun, Verb |
| eau | / | Name |
| eaux | / | Name |
| effluent | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| estuary | /xxx | Noun |
| ether | /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 |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatalities | x/xx | Noun |
| fatally | /xx | Adverb |
| faucet | /x | Noun |
| feeding | /x | Noun |
| filtration | x/x | Noun |
| finished | /x | Adjective |
| fish | / | Noun, Verb |
| flakes | / | Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| fleet | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| floating | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| flood | / | Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| flotation | x/x | Noun |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| fluid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ford | / | Name, Verb |
| fresh water | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| fuel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| funeral | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| gallows | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| gas | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gob | / | Noun, Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| goner | /x | Noun |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
