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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| extraction | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| stock | / | Noun, Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| origin | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| downslope | // | Noun, Noun |
| fall | / | Noun, Noun |
| lineage | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| filiation | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| bloodline | /x | Noun, Noun |
| parentage | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| climb | / | Noun, Noun |
| descending | x/x | Verb |
| ascending | x/x | Verb |
| downhill | // | Noun |
| ascension | x/x | Noun |
| mountain | /x | Noun |
| elevation | xx/x | Noun |
| descendent | x/x | Noun |
| ridge | / | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| gradual | /xx | Adjective |
| trajectory | x/xx | Noun |
| takeoff | /x | Noun |
| emigrant | /xx | Noun |
| flight | / | Noun |
| derivation | xx/x | Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| slope | / | Noun |
| trek | / | Noun |
| race | / | Noun |
| climber | /x | Noun |
| altitude | /xx | Noun |
| gliding | /x | Verb |
| trail | / | Noun |
| mountainside | /xx | Noun |
| precipitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| journey | /x | Noun |
| route | / | Noun |
| sojourn | /x | Noun |
| progression | x/x | Noun |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| birth | / | Noun |
| hill | / | Noun |
| uphill | // | Adjective |
| acclimatization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| patrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| steepest | /x | Adjective |
| conquest | /x | Noun |
| emigration | xx/x | Noun |
| mountaineer | /xx | Noun |
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| inversion | x/x | Noun |
| hike | / | Noun |
| transition | x/x | Noun |
| exaltation | x//x | Noun |
| subjugation | /x/x | Noun |
| reckoning | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| devolution | xx/x | Noun |
| dipping | /x | Noun |
| lowering | /xx | Verb |
| demotion | x/x | Noun |
| breeding | /x | Noun |
| retraction | x/x | Noun |
| dropping | /x | Verb |
| abasement | x/x | Noun |
| stooping | /x | Noun |
| rising | /x | Verb |
| succession | x/x | Noun |
| dismounting | xxx | Verb |
| conveyance | x/x | Noun |
| degradation | xx/x | Noun |
| abjection | //x | Noun |
| departing | x/x | Verb |
| creeping | /x | Verb |
| debasement | x/x | Noun |
| subsiding | x/x | Verb |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| distillation | xx/x | Noun |
| borrowing | /xx | Noun |
| intake | /x | Noun |
| revocation | xx/x | Noun |
| stepping | /x | Verb |
| dividing | x/x | Verb |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| receding | x/x | Noun |
| deferment | x/x | Noun |
| subsumption | /xx | Noun |
| settlement | /xx | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| accession | x/x | Noun |
| opening | /xx | Noun |
| procession | x/x | Noun |
| deepening | /xx | Verb |
| caving | /x | Noun |
| disbursement | x/x | Noun |
| evolution | xx/x | Noun |
| diminishment | x/xx | Noun |
| subduction | x/x | Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun |
| deposition | xx/x | Noun |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| subdividing | xx/x | Verb |
| ingress | /x | Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| scaling | /x | Noun |
| gradient | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| matrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| netherworld | /xx | Noun |
| briefing | /x | Verb |
| maelstrom | /x | Noun |
| hades | /x | Name |
| underworld | /xx | Noun |
| odin | /x | Name |
| huguenot | /xx | Adjective |
| priestly | /x | Adverb |
| davidic | x/x | Adjective |
| testicle | /xx | Noun |
| brake | / | Verb |
| testis | /x | Noun |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| adjusted | x/x | Adjective |
| affiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| against | x/ | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| ascendancy | x/xx | Noun |
| asset | /x | Noun |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| calculus | /xx | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| chart | / | Noun, Verb |
| charter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| comparison | x/xx | Noun |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| dive | / | Noun, Verb |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| easiest | /xx | Adjective |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| escalade | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| ethnicity | x/xx | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| folk | / | Noun, Adjective |
| forebears | /x | Noun |
| from | / | Noun |
| generation | xx/x | Noun |
| graph | / | Noun, Verb |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| hindu | /x | Name, Adjective |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| immigrants | /xx | Adverb |
| incident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| jump | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| kinsfolk | /x | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| landing | /x | Noun |
| layout | /x | Noun |
| lifting | /x | Noun |
| list | / | Noun, Verb |
| literacy | /xxx | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| moral | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| nationality | xx/xx | Noun |
| nativity | x/xx | Noun |
| offspring | /x | Noun |
| older | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| origen | /xx | Name |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| originating | x/xxx | Verb |
| progeny | /xx | Noun |
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| rafting | /x | Noun |
| raid | / | Noun, Verb |
| raise | / | Verb, Noun |
| root | / | Noun, Verb |
| run | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| samoan | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| scion | /x | Noun |
| seed | / | Noun, Verb |
| segment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sept | / | Name |
| set | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| settlers | /x | Adjective |
| shower | /x | Noun, Verb |
| side | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| slide | / | Noun, Verb |
| source | / | Noun, Verb |
| stair | / | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun, Verb |
| stump | / | Noun, Verb |
| surname | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sweep | / | Noun, Verb |
| swoop | / | Noun, Verb |
| tilting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| upgrade | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
