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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| refract | x/  | Noun, Noun  | 
| diffraction | x/x  | Noun  | 
| wavelengths | /x  | Noun  | 
| birefringent | /x/x  | Noun  | 
| waveguides | //  | Noun  | 
| photons | /x  | Noun  | 
| oscillate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| beam | /  | Noun  | 
| prisms | /x  | Noun  | 
| adsorb | //  | Verb  | 
| emit | x/  | Verb  | 
| crystallize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| radiate | /xx  | Noun  | 
| attenuate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| impinge | x/  | Verb  | 
| backscattered | //x  | Adjective  | 
| deflect | x/  | Verb  | 
| fracture | /x  | Noun  | 
| disperse | x/  | Verb  | 
| deviate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| filter | /x  | Noun  | 
| crack | /  | Noun  | 
| scatter | /x  | Noun  | 
| fission | /x  | Noun  | 
| disrupt | x/  | Verb  | 
| discriminate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| distract | x/  | Verb  | 
| distort | x/  | Verb  | 
| reflect | x/  | Verb  | 
| split | /  | Noun  | 
| divert | x/  | Verb  | 
| precipitate | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| frustrate | /x  | Verb  | 
| crumble | /x  | Verb  | 
| disturb | x/  | Verb  | 
| break | /  | Noun  | 
| distribute | x/x  | Verb  | 
| fade | /  | Noun  | 
| fragment | /x  | Noun  | 
| glass | /  | Noun  | 
| shatter | /x  | Noun  | 
| separate | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| disintegrate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| grind | /  | Noun  | 
| grain | /  | Noun  | 
| mutate | /x  | Verb  | 
| attract | x/  | Verb  | 
| thwart | /  | Verb  | 
| traverse | /x  | Noun  | 
| glide | /  | Noun  | 
| splinter | /x  | Noun  | 
| opaque | x/  | Adjective  | 
| spiral | /x  | Noun  | 
| bend | /  | Noun  | 
| cross | /  | Noun  | 
| rift | /  | Noun  | 
| pinhole | /x  | Noun  | 
| transit | /x  | Noun  | 
| dissociate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| fluctuate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| fray | /  | Noun  | 
| brittle | /x  | Adjective  | 
| crisp | /  | Noun  | 
| dissipate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| shard | /  | Noun  | 
| transect | /x  | Noun  | 
| trend | /  | Noun  | 
| transmit | x/  | Verb  | 
| short circuit | //x  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| dissolve | x/  | Verb  | 
| uneven | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| injure | /x  | Verb  | 
| digest | x/  | Noun  | 
| flux | /  | Noun  | 
| crinkle | /x  | Noun  | 
| afflict | x/  | Verb  | 
| intercept | xx/  | Noun  | 
| blur | /  | Noun  | 
| confuse | x/  | Verb  | 
| render | /x  | Verb  | 
| crumple | /x  | Noun  | 
| divide | x/  | Noun  | 
| interfere | xx/  | Verb  | 
| crisscross | /x  | Noun  | 
| streak | /  | Noun  | 
| drag | /  | Noun  | 
| difficult | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| diverge | x/  | Verb  | 
| absorb | x/  | Verb  | 
| gratings | /x  | Noun  | 
| rays | /  | Noun  | 
| crystals | /x  | Noun  | 
| waves | /  | Noun  | 
| light | /  | Noun  | 
| electrons | x/x  | Noun  | 
| resolution | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| radiation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| planes | /  | Noun  | 
| angles | /x  | Noun  | 
| particles | /xx  | Noun  | 
| strongly | /x  | Adverb  | 
| used | /  | Verb  | 
| ability | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| well | /  | Adverb  | 
| daylight | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| cluster | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chunk | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| collocation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| standard | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| dialect | /xx  | Noun  | 
| vernacular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| stovepipe | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| gloss | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| backwater | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
