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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| reception center | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| police station | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| industrial school | x/xx/ | Name, Name |
| reform school | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| group home | // | Phrase, Noun |
| workhouse | /x | Noun |
| orphanage | /xx | Noun |
| schoolroom | /x | Noun |
| clinic | /x | Noun |
| classroom | /x | Noun |
| insane asylum | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hostel | /x | Noun |
| military hospital | /xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| clubhouse | /x | Noun |
| shelter | /x | Noun |
| study hall | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| school | / | Noun |
| hall of residence | ///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| dormitory | /xxx | Noun |
| high school | // | Phrase, Noun |
| academy | x/xx | Noun |
| youth hostel | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| ablutions | //x | Noun |
| gymnasium | x/xx | Noun |
| special school | /x/ | Name, Name |
| hall | / | Noun |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| campus | /x | Noun |
| military school | /xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| youth club | // | Phrase, Noun |
| institute | /xx | Name |
| mess hall | // | Phrase, Noun |
| drill hall | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dojo | /x | Noun |
| abduction | x/x | Noun |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| absorb | x/ | Verb |
| adjournment | x/x | Noun |
| advisor | x/x | Noun |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| amid | x/ | Noun |
| amidst | x/ | |
| apprehend | xx/ | Verb |
| apprehension | xx/x | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| associations | xxx/x | Noun |
| atom | /x | Noun |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| attention | x/x | Noun |
| attracts | x/ | Verb |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| basketball | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| battlefield | /xx | Noun |
| battleground | /xx | Noun |
| bight | / | Noun, Verb |
| booking | /x | Noun |
| bowels | /x | Noun |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| bull | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| burn center | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| burned | / | Adjective |
| called | / | Adjective |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun |
| carrying | /xx | Noun |
| cell | / | Noun, Verb |
| center of attention | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| center of curvature | /x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| center of gravity | /x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| center of mass | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| centered | /x | Adjective |
| centerpiece | /xx | Noun |
| centra | /x | Noun |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| central city | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| centrale | x/ | Noun |
| centralised | /xx | Adjective |
| centrality | x/xx | Noun |
| centralized | /xx | Adjective |
| centre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| centrist | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| centroid | /x | Noun |
| charterer | /xx | Noun |
| chattel | /x | Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumference | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| city | /x | Noun |
| civic center | /x/x | Name, Name |
| clearing | /x | Noun |
| clearinghouse | /xx | Noun |
| committal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| community | x/xx | Noun |
| community center | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| compromise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| concentrate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| concentration | xx/x | Noun |
| confine | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| continuance | x/xx | Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| control center | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| cooperative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| correction | x/x | Noun |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| crux | / | Noun |
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| dalliance | /xx | Noun |
| dawdling | /x | Noun |
| deduction | x/x | Noun |
| deferment | x/x | Noun |
| deferral | x/x | Noun |
| defined | x/ | Adjective |
| delay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deportation | xx/x | Noun |
| deprivation | xx/x | Noun |
| detain | x/ | Verb |
| detainee | xx/ | Noun |
| detection | x/x | Noun |
| detentions | x/x | Noun |
| discrete | x/ | Adjective |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| disruption | x/x | Noun |
| dominated | /xxx | Adjective |
| dot | / | Noun, Verb |
| dowel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| downtown | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| east | / | Name, Adjective, Adverb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| engulf | x/ | Verb |
| enlistment | x/x | Noun |
| epicenter | /xxx | Noun, Verb |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| extended | x/x | Adjective |
| eye | / | Noun, Verb |
| facility | x/xx | Noun |
| fiducial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| focal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| football | /x | Noun, Verb |
| forefront | /x | Noun, Verb |
| forfeiture | /xx | Noun |
| freedom | /x | Noun |
| freezing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gaol | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| gap | / | Noun, Verb |
| geographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| gist | / | Noun, Verb |
| glue | / | Noun, Verb |
| guard | / | Noun, Verb |
| halfway | // | Adverb, Noun |
| halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| handling | /x | Noun |
| headquarters | /xx | Noun |
| hear | / | Verb |
| heart | / | Noun, Verb |
| heartland | /x | Noun |
| held | / | Noun |
| hinge | / | Noun, Verb |
| holdup | /x | Noun |
| hospital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| hospitalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| house arrest | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| hsin | / | Noun |
| hub | / | Noun |
| hypostasis | xx/x | Noun |
| ics | x | Noun |
| imaginary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| immerse | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| imposition | xx/x | Noun |
| impoundment | x/x | Noun |
| imprisoned | x/x | Noun |
| in | x | Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| incarcerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inmate | /x | Noun |
| inner city | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| institution | xx/x | Noun |
| institutionalization | xxxxxx/x | Noun |
