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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dust | / | Noun, Noun |
| rubble | /x | Noun, Noun |
| debris | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| junk | / | Noun, Noun |
| flotsam | /x | Noun |
| muck | / | Noun |
| remnants | /x | Noun |
| trash | / | Noun |
| accumulates | x/xx | Verb |
| excreta | x/x | Noun |
| dross | / | Noun |
| dregs | / | Noun |
| jumble | /x | Noun |
| garbage | /x | Noun |
| piles | / | Noun |
| undigested | xx/x | Adjective |
| wreckage | /x | Noun |
| discarded | x/x | Verb |
| rubbish | /x | Noun |
| midden | /x | Noun |
| droppings | /x | Noun |
| sediments | /xx | Noun |
| ephemera | x/xx | Noun |
| crud | / | Noun |
| filth | / | Noun |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| uneaten | x/x | Adjective |
| clutter | /x | Noun |
| miscellany | /xxx | Noun |
| strewn | / | Adjective |
| crap | / | Noun |
| accumulations | xxx/x | Noun |
| assemblages | x/xx | Noun |
| morsels | /x | Noun |
| soot | / | Noun |
| windblown | // | Adjective |
| wasteland | /x | Noun |
| desiccated | /xxx | Adjective |
| unwashed | x/ | Noun |
| silts | / | Noun |
| grime | / | Noun |
| driftwood | /x | Noun |
| contaminants | x/xx | Noun |
| heap | / | Noun |
| carcasses | /xx | Noun |
| fragments | /x | Noun |
| dirt | / | Noun |
| invertebrates | x/xx | Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| assorted | x/x | Adjective |
| wastes | / | Noun |
| murk | / | Noun |
| mire | / | Noun |
| miscellaneous | xx/xx | Name |
| undergrowth | /xx | Noun |
| scrapings | /x | Noun |
| byproducts | /xx | Noun |
| scattered | /x | Adjective |
| spillage | /x | Noun |
| mounds | / | Noun |
| scavenged | /x | Verb |
| corpses | /x | Noun |
| dispersal | x/x | Noun |
| abrasive | x/x | Noun |
| ejecta | x/x | Noun |
| clastic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| rock | / | Noun |
| lithic | /x | Noun |
| cinders | /x | Noun |
| brash | / | Noun |
| volcanic ash | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| earth | / | Noun |
| sedimentary rock | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| shard | / | Noun |
| chert | / | Noun |
| sand | / | Noun |
| melt | / | Noun |
| crystal | /x | Noun |
| stone | / | Noun |
| grit | / | Noun |
| breccia | /x | Noun |
| tephra | /x | Noun |
| lithology | x/xx | Noun |
| mudstone | /x | Noun |
| conglomerate | x/xx | Noun |
| slate | / | Noun |
| pebbles | /x | Noun |
| pyroclastic | /x/x | Noun |
| agglomerate | x/xx | Noun |
| gravels | /x | Noun |
| trap | / | Noun |
| tripoli | /xx | Name |
| unit | /x | Noun |
| granule | /x | Noun |
| eruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| mush | / | Noun |
| andesite | /xx | Noun |
| plankton | /x | Noun |
| diatoms | /xx | Noun |
| phytoplankton | xx/x | Noun |
| particulate | x/xx | Adjective |
| algae | /x | Noun |
| chipping | /x | Verb |
| zooplankton | x//x | Noun |
| feeders | /x | Noun |
| littered | /x | Verb |
| feeds | / | Verb |
| granitic | x/x | Adjective |
| mangrove | /x | Adjective |
| decomposing | xx/x | Verb |
| carbonaceous | /x/x | Adjective |
| coarser | /x | Adjective |
| woody | /x | Adjective |
| volcanic | x/x | Adjective |
| organic | x/x | Adjective |
| alluvial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alluvium | x/xx | Noun |
| antigen | /xx | Noun |
| ash | / | Noun, Verb |
| benthic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| condensate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| deposits | x/x | Noun |
| estuarine | /xxx | Adjective |
| food | / | Noun |
| humus | /x | Noun |
| leftover | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| macromolecular | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| monodisperse | /xx/ | Adjective, Verb |
| muds | / | Noun |
| nectar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oligosaccharide | xxx/xx | Noun |
| peptide | /x | Noun |
| piece | / | Noun, Verb |
| pollutant | x/x | Noun |
| polymer | /xx | Noun |
| polysaccharide | xx/xx | Noun |
| refuse | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| scrap | / | Noun, Verb |
| sewage | /x | Noun |
| sludge | / | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| grape | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
