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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| beforehand | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| former | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| previous | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Noun, Adjective |
| past | / | Adjective, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| precocious | x/x | Adverb, Adjective |
| future | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adjective |
| other | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| incipient | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| inchoate | // | Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| primal | /x | Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| primordial | x/xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| primeval | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| advance | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| new | / | Adjective, Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| immature | xx/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| primitive | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective, Name |
| premature | xx/ | Name, Adjective, Noun |
| betimes | x/ | Noun, Adverb |
| novice | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| untimely | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| young | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| old | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| rude | / | Noun, Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| baby | /x | Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| wee | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| archaic | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Name |
| archean | xxx | Name, Name, Adjective |
| proterozoic | xxx/x | Adjective, Name, Adjective |
| embryonic | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| embryo | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| archaean | xxx | Noun, Name, Adjective |
| ahead of time | x/// | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| early on | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| too soon | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| morning | /x | Noun |
| sometime | /x | Adverb |
| during | /x | Noun |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| prior | /x | Adjective |
| afternoon | xx/ | Noun |
| first | / | Adjective |
| onset | /x | Noun |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| evening | /x | Noun |
| today | x/ | Noun |
| initially | x/xx | Adverb |
| eighties | /x | Noun, Verb |
| last | / | Adjective |
| dawn | / | Noun |
| since | / | Adverb |
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective |
| nineties | /x | Noun |
| especially | x/x | Adverb |
| infancy | /xx | Noun |
| until | x/ | |
| autumn | /x | Noun |
| sixties | /x | Noun, Verb |
| particularly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| start | / | Noun |
| formative | /xx | Adjective |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| earnest | /x | Noun |
| spring | / | Noun |
| time | / | Noun |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| summer | /x | Noun |
| till | / | Noun, Verb |
| noon | / | Noun |
| heyday | /x | Noun |
| forehand | /x | Noun |
| foregoing | x/x | Noun |
| accelerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| preceding | x/x | Verb |
| foremost | /x | Adjective |
| forethought | /x | Noun |
| sneak | / | Noun |
| fore | / | Noun |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Noun |
| promptly | /x | Adverb |
| forward | /x | Adverb |
| precipitated | x/xxx | Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb |
| adjacent | x/x | Adjective |
| aborted | x/x | Adjective |
| onward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| aforementioned | x/xx | Adjective |
| ever | /x | Adverb |
| headfirst | // | Noun |
| backward | /x | Adjective |
| by the by | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| offhand | // | Noun |
| prophetic | x/x | Adjective |
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective |
| coincident | x/xx | Noun |
| following | /xx | Adjective |
| headlong | /x | Noun |
| in the wind | xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| coincidental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| thirties | /x | Verb, Noun |
| fifties | /x | Verb, Noun |
| twenties | /x | Verb, Noun |
| retire | x/ | Verb |
| woken | /x | Verb |
| bed | / | Verb |
| petitioned | x/x | Verb |
| awakening | x/xx | Verb |
| matures | x/ | Verb |
| peaked | / | Verb |
| patented | /xx | Verb |
| ripen | /x | Verb |
| tonight | x/ | Adverb |
| warned | / | Verb |
| riser | /x | Noun |
| bloom | / | Verb |
| seventies | /xx | Noun |
| foreshadowed | x/x | Verb |
| diagnose | xx/ | Verb |
| ambulation | /x/x | Noun |
| holocene | /xx | Name |
| arrive | x/ | Verb |
| intervene | xx/ | Verb |
| stages | /x | Verb |
| childhood | /x | Noun |
| forties | /x | Noun |
| adolescence | xx/x | Noun |
| adopters | x/x | Noun |
| arose | x/ | Verb |
| proposed | x/ | Verb |
| awoke | x/ | Verb |
| instituted | /xxx | Verb |
| hominids | /xx | Noun |
| dine | / | Verb |
| sown | / | Verb |
| nineteenth | // | Adverb |
| experimented | x/xxx | Verb |
| postulated | /xxx | Verb |
| foresaw | x/ | Verb |
| adulthood | x/x | Noun |
| founded | /x | Verb |
| boyhood | /x | Noun |
| school | / | Verb |
| retirement | x/xx | Noun |
| advocated | /xxx | Verb |
| commenced | x/ | Verb |
| enacted | x/x | Verb |
| september | x/x | Name |
| terminate | /xx | Verb |
| june | / | Name |
| december | x/x | Name |
| marry | /x | Verb |
| suggested | x/x | Verb |
| may | / | Noun |
| announced | x/ | Verb |
| detection | x/x | Noun |
| urged | / | Verb |
| established | x/x | Verb |
| authorized | /xx | Verb |
| embryogenesis | xx//xx | Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| already | x/x | Adverb |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| anticipated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| anticipatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| august | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| belatedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| bird | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| brief | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| briefly | /x | Adverb |
| brisk | / | Adjective, Verb |
| brooke | / | Name, Verb |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| century | /xx | Noun |
| chu | / | Name |
| clock | / | Noun, Verb |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| colonial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commencement | x/x | Noun |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| debut | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distant | /x | Adjective |
| eventful | x/x | Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| expected | x/x | Adjective |
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| expedited | /xxx | Adjective |
| expeditiously | xx/xx | Adverb |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fathers | /x | Noun |
| fledgling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| forthcoming | //x | Adjective, Noun |
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| han | / | Name |
| hastily | /xx | Adverb |
| hasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hon | / | Noun, Adjective |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| immediately | x/xxx | Adverb |
| imminent | /xx | Adjective |
| inception | x/x | Noun |
| informed | x/ | Adjective |
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| introductory | xx/xx | Adjective |
| jackson | /x | Name |
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| juvenile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| knowledgeable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| little | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| medieval | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mid | / | Noun, Adjective |
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| napoleon | x/xx | Name |
| nascent | /x | Adjective |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| next | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| night | / | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| opening | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| original | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| outbreak | /x | Noun, Verb |
| petite | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| premiers | x/ | Noun |
| premium | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| prepared | x/ | Adjective |
| prepay | x/ | Verb |
| preschool | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| preterm | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| prima | /x | Adjective |
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prime | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| principled | /xx | Adjective |
| pronto | /x | Adverb |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| quickly | /x | Adverb |
| rapidly | /xx | Adverb |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| readily | /xx | Adverb |
| ready | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| recent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| scoop | / | Noun, Verb |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shortly | /x | Adverb |
| small | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| snap | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| soon | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| speedily | /xx | Adverb |
| swift | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| swiftly | /x | Adverb |
| teenage | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| the | x | Adverb, Noun |
| timely | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| top | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| uneventful | xx/x | Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
