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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| synchronic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| prescriptive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| explanatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| succinct | x/ | Adjective |
| descriptions | x/x | Noun |
| concise | x/ | Noun |
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| informative | x/xx | Adjective |
| suggestive | x/x | Adjective |
| detailed | x/ | Adjective |
| evaluative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| illustrative | x/xx | Adjective |
| wordy | /x | Adjective |
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| qualitative | /xxx | Adjective |
| pictorial | x/xx | Noun |
| quantitative | /xxx | Adjective |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective |
| vague | / | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| observational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pithy | /x | Adjective |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| informational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| describe | x/ | Verb |
| insightful | /xx | Adjective |
| biographical | xx/xx | Name |
| predictive | x/x | Adjective |
| vivid | /x | Adjective |
| demonstrative | x/xx | Adjective |
| expository | x/xxx | Noun |
| analytical | xx/xx | Noun |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| explication | xx/x | Noun |
| descriptor | x/x | Noun |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| laudatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| referential | xx/x | Adjective |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| comprehensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| persuasive | x/x | Adjective |
| catchy | /x | Adjective |
| imprecise | /xx | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| accurate | /xx | Adjective |
| factual | /xx | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective |
| comprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| imaginative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| abstract | x/ | Name |
| visual | /xx | Adjective |
| unambiguous | xx/xx | Adjective |
| declarative | x/xx | Adjective |
| readable | /xx | Adjective |
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective |
| summary | /xx | Noun |
| witty | /x | Adjective |
| graphic | /x | Noun |
| statistical | x/xx | Name |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective |
| textual | /xx | Adjective |
| conversational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| instructive | x/x | Adjective |
| ethnographic | xx/x | Noun |
| conceptual | x/xx | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| interpretive | x/xx | Adjective |
| graphical | /xx | Adjective |
| contextual | x/xx | Adjective |
| nuanced | /x | Adjective |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| connotative | xx/x | Adjective |
| diagnostic | xx/x | Adjective |
| terminological | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| comparative | x/xx | Name |
| taxonomic | /x/x | Adjective |
| phenotypic | xx/x | Adjective |
| adjectival | /xxx | Adjective |
| depositional | xx/xx | Noun |
| adjective | /xx | Noun |
| presentational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| evidential | xx/x | Adjective |
| textural | /xx | Adjective |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| ontological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| definitional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| typological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| compositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nutritional | x/xx | Noun |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| encyclopedic | xxx/x | Noun |
| dimensional | x/xx | Adjective |
| perceptual | x/xx | Adjective |
| structural | /xx | Adjective |
| classificatory | /xxxxx | Adjective |
| morphological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| psychological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| investigational | xxx/xx | Name |
| deductive | x/x | Adjective |
| methodological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| causal | /x | Adjective |
| photographic | xx/x | Noun |
| scientific | xx/x | Noun |
| sensorial | /x/x | Adjective |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective |
| zoological | x/xx | Name |
| dietary | /xxx | Adjective |
| analytic | xx/x | Adjective |
| semiotic | xx/x | Noun |
| departmental | xx/x | Name |
| phenomenological | x/xx/xx | Adjective |
| adverbial | x/xx | Noun |
| aspectual | x/xx | Adjective |
| topographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| pedagogical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| physiological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| letterpress | /xx | Noun |
| catalogue | /xx | Noun |
| epidemiology | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| metadata | xx/x | Noun |
| statistics | x/x | Noun |
| annotations | xx/x | Noun |
| captions | /x | Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
| ethnology | x/xx | Noun |
| embryology | xx/xx | Noun |
| oceanography | xx/xx | Noun |
| brochure | x/ | Noun |
| phenomenology | x/xxxx | Noun |
| linguist | /x | Noun |
| grammars | /x | Noun |
| markup | /x | Noun |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anthology | x/xx | Noun |
| anthropological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| article | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| book | / | Noun, Verb |
| cantatas | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| diachronic | xx/x | Adjective |
| dictionary | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| distinguishing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| friendly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| his | / | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| identifying | x/xxx | Noun |
| indicative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| manual | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| meaningful | /xx | Adjective |
| normative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overview | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pastoral | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| preface | /x | Noun, Verb |
| profile | /x | Noun, Verb |
| prospectus | x/x | Noun |
| sheet | / | Noun, Verb |
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| specification | xxx/x | Noun |
| tor | / | Noun, Adjective |
| treatise | /x | Noun |
| work | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
