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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| insufficiency | xx/xx | Noun, Noun |
| lack | / | Noun, Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun, Noun |
| want | / | Noun, Noun |
| sufficiency | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| shortfall | /x | Noun |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| imbalance | x/x | Noun |
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun |
| shortage | /x | Noun |
| weakness | /x | Noun |
| deficit | /xx | Noun |
| depletion | x/x | Noun |
| abnormality | xx/xx | Noun |
| irregularity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| symptom | /x | Noun |
| discrepancy | x/xx | Noun |
| disorder | x/x | Noun |
| supplementation | /xx/x | Noun |
| disproportion | xx/x | Noun |
| impairment | x/x | Noun |
| vitamin | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| insufficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| anemia | x/xx | Noun |
| immunodeficiency | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| mismatch | x/ | Noun |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| micronutrient | xx/xx | Noun |
| dysregulation | /xx/x | Noun |
| surplus | /x | Noun |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun |
| excess | /x | Noun |
| malfunction | x/x | Noun |
| remedy | /xx | Noun |
| disparity | x/xx | Noun |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| misalignment | xx/x | Noun |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| malnutrition | xx/x | Noun |
| noncompliance | xx/x | Noun |
| toxicity | x/xx | Noun |
| nutrient | /xx | Noun |
| dysfunction | x/x | Noun |
| scarcity | /xx | Noun |
| deformity | x/xx | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| congenital | x/xx | Adjective |
| malformation | xx/x | Noun |
| systemic | x/x | Adjective |
| heterozygote | xxx/x | Noun |
| inconsistency | xx/xx | Noun |
| incompetency | x/xxx | Noun |
| hypocalcemia | xx//xx | Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| dearth | / | Noun |
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun |
| incompleteness | xx/x | Noun |
| impossibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| underweight | /xx | Noun |
| inability | xx/xx | Noun |
| poverty | /xx | Noun |
| paucity | /xx | Noun |
| defection | x/x | Noun |
| incapacity | xx/xx | Noun |
| penury | /xx | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| incompetence | x/xx | Noun |
| inaccuracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| impropriety | xx/xx | Noun |
| need | / | Noun |
| folate | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| aat | / | Adjective |
| antitrypsin | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| neuropathy | /xxx | Adverb |
| lactase | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cobalamin | /xxx | Adjective |
| pyridoxine | /x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| deaminase | /x/x | Adjective |
| lyase | /x | Adjective |
| carnitine | /xx | Adjective |
| prolactin | x/x | Adjective |
| insulin | /xx | Adjective |
| riboflavin | xx/x | Verb |
| iodine | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| zinc | / | Verb |
| thiamine | /xx | Adjective |
| taurine | /x | Adjective |
| mineralocorticoid | xx/xxxx | Adjective |
| pyruvate | xxx | Adjective |
| fibrinogen | /xxx | Adjective |
| ornithine | xxx | Adjective |
| manganese | /xx | Verb |
| iron | /x | Verb |
| oestrogen | /xx | Adjective |
| yin | / | Adjective |
| hydroxylase | x/x/ | Adjective |
| choline | xx | Adjective |
| gonadotropin | /x/xx | Adjective |
| estrogen | /xx | Verb |
| prothrombin | xxx | Verb |
| transferase | x/x | Noun |
| protein | /x | Verb |
| addictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| bulbar | /x | Adjective |
| cardiopulmonary | xxx/xxx | Adjective |
| cardiovascular | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| clinical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commonest | /xx | Adjective |
| compensation | xx/x | Noun |
| compensatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| concomitant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| congestive | x/x | Adjective |
| cutaneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| default | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deletion | x/x | Noun |
| depressive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dermatologic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| differential | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| disadvantage | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| disharmony | x/xx | Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| elimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| extrapulmonary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| extrapyramidal | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| failing | /x | Noun |
| famine | /x | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hazard | /x | Noun, Verb |
| imprecision | xx/x | Noun |
| inaction | x/x | Noun |
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun |
| insurmountable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| lacuna | x/x | Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| limited | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| malabsorption | /x/x | Noun |
| metabolic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mistake | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| offset | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| palace | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pending | /x | Adjective |
| psychopathology | /xx/xx | Noun |
| retardation | xx/x | Noun |
| stressor | /x | Noun |
| stringency | /xx | Noun |
| tightness | /x | Noun |
| unavailability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| underemployment | xxx/x | Noun |
| vacuum | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vagueness | /x | Noun |
| variance | /xx | Noun |
| vice | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| void | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| waiting | /x | Noun |
| weaknesses | /xx | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
