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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| descendent | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| descending | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| inheritor | x/xx | Noun |
| progenitor | x/xx | Noun |
| lineage | /xx | Noun |
| grandfather | /xx | Noun |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| cousin | /x | Noun |
| kinsman | /x | Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| heir | / | Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| grandson | /x | Noun |
| father | /x | Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| grandmother | /xx | Noun |
| progeny | /xx | Noun |
| emigrant | /xx | Noun |
| patrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| grandparent | /xx | Noun |
| granddaughter | /xx | Noun |
| successor | x/x | Noun |
| namesake | /x | Noun |
| genealogist | xx/xx | Noun |
| chieftain | /x | Noun |
| patriarch | /xx | Noun |
| nephew | /x | Noun |
| uncle | /x | Noun |
| sibling | /x | Noun |
| daughter | /x | Noun |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective |
| brother | /x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| originator | x/xxx | Noun |
| aristocrat | x/xx | Noun |
| clan | / | Noun |
| downward | /x | Adjective |
| plunging | /x | Verb |
| downslope | // | Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| succeeding | x/x | Verb |
| reverse | x/ | Noun |
| oncoming | /xx | Adjective |
| successive | x/x | Adjective |
| downright | /x | Adjective |
| up and down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| lowermost | /xx | Adjective |
| precipitate | x/xx | Noun |
| influent | /xx | Noun |
| departing | x/x | Verb |
| inverse | x/ | Noun |
| following | /xx | Adjective |
| consequential | xx/x | Adjective |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| sequential | x/x | Adjective |
| hind | / | Noun |
| southerly | /xx | Adjective |
| downstream | // | Noun |
| upside down | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| upward | /x | Adjective |
| profound | x/ | Adjective |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| slavish | /x | Adjective |
| inbound | x/ | Noun |
| south | / | Noun |
| directional | x/xx | Noun |
| leftward | /x | Adjective |
| posterior | x/x | Adjective |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| in order | x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| upright | x/ | Adjective |
| afferent | /xx | Noun |
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective |
| northerly | /xx | Adjective |
| lessened | /x | Verb |
| mayflower | /xx | Adjective |
| bharata | x/x | Name |
| thang | / | Noun |
| kuru | /x | Noun |
| timur | /x | Name |
| pocahontas | xx/x | Name |
| conquistador | /xxx | Noun |
| tamerlane | /xx | Name |
| alden | /x | Name |
| shem | x | Name |
| org | / | Noun |
| dismounting | xxx | Verb |
| standish | /x | Name |
| rebbe | /x | Noun |
| mohammed | x/x | Name |
| heracles | /xx | Name |
| huguenots | /xx | Name |
| aaron | /x | Name |
| brewster | /x | Name |
| settler | /xx | Noun |
| aeneas | /xx | Name |
| david | /x | Name |
| esau | /x | Name |
| charlemagne | /xx | Name |
| muhammad | x/x | Name |
| fatima | /xx | Name |
| ishmael | /x | Name |
| incas | /x | Name |
| vikings | /x | Name |
| puritans | /xx | Name |
| hillel | x/ | Name |
| ali | /x | Name |
| confucius | x/x | Name |
| prophet | /x | Noun |
| abraham | /xx | Name |
| cain | / | Name |
| abbas | x/ | Name |
| perseus | /xx | Name |
| immigrant | /xx | Noun |
| boone | / | Name |
| solon | /x | Name |
| adopted | x/x | Name |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| arthropod | /xx | Noun |
| avatar | /xx | Noun |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| commoner | /xx | Noun |
| definable | x/xx | Adjective |
| derivative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| ebb | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| grandchild | /x | Noun |
| greeks | / | Name |
| guru | /x | Noun, Verb |
| heterogeneous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| heterogenous | xxxxx | Adjective |
| incarnation | x//x | Noun |
| inhabitants | x/xx | Noun |
| isomorphic | xx/x | Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| neighboring | /xx | Adjective |
| pda | x | Name |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ranking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| recipient | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| reincarnation | xxx/x | Noun |
| scion | /x | Noun |
| secondary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| seed | / | Noun, Verb |
| sinking | /x | Verb |
| son | / | Noun, Verb |
| successional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| syntactic | //x | Adjective |
| syntagmatic | /x/x | Adjective |
| unselected | xx/x | Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
