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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| noxious | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| corrosive | x/x | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| pathogenic | xx/x | Adjective |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| effects | x/ | Noun |
| undesired | xx/x | Adjective |
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfavorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| harms | / | Noun |
| impacts | x/ | Noun |
| untoward | xx/ | Adjective |
| attenuating | x/xxx | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| mutations | x/x | Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| unwholesome | x/x | Adjective |
| objectionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| neurotoxic | xx/x | Adjective |
| negligible | /xxx | Adjective |
| impairing | x/x | Verb |
| negative | /xx | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| anomalous | x/xx | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| unwanted | x/x | Adjective |
| irremediable | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| carcinogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| invidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| maladaptive | /x/x | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| degenerative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| perturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| extraneous | x/xx | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| caustic | /x | Noun |
| injudicious | xx/x | Adjective |
| salutary | /xxx | Adjective |
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| erosive | x/x | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| unnecessary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| irreversible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inconsequential | xxx/x | Adjective |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| desirable | x/xx | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| inadvertent | xx/x | Adjective |
| harmless | /x | Adjective |
| suboptimal | xxxx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| unintentional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| poisoned | /x | Verb |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| tortious | /x | Adjective |
| bogus | /x | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| malign | x/ | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| toxicant | /xx | Noun |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| punishing | /xx | Verb |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| alleles | x/x | Noun |
| aftereffects | /xxx | Noun |
| genes | / | Noun |
| consequences | /xxx | Noun |
| mutants | /x | Noun |
| affects | x/ | Verb |
| impurities | x/xx | Noun |
| substitutions | xx/x | Noun |
| rearrangements | xx/x | Noun |
| sequelae | /xx | Noun |
| substances | /xx | Noun |
| genotype | /xx | Noun |
| microorganisms | xx/xxx | Noun |
| gases | /x | Noun |
| ventricular | x/xx | Noun |
| influences | /xxx | Noun |
| cascade | x/ | Noun |
| phenotypes | /xx | Noun |
| altering | /xx | Noun |
| causing | /x | Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| mutagenic | /xxx | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| pest | / | Noun |
| promoting | x/x | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
