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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| meet | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| happen | /x  | Adjective, Verb, Adverb  | 
| find | /  | Adverb, Verb, Noun  | 
| see | /  | Noun, Verb, Noun  | 
| receive | x/  | Noun, Verb, Noun  | 
| confrontation | xx/x  | Noun, Noun  | 
| play | /  | Noun, Verb, Noun  | 
| chance | /  | Noun, Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb  | 
| showdown | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| hit | /  | Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| bump | /  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| skirmish | /x  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| clash | /  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| brush | /  | Verb, Noun, Verb  | 
| come across | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| coming upon | /xx/  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| ran into | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| run across | /x/  | Phrase, Noun, Verb  | 
| run into | /x/  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| take on | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| interactions | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| occurrences | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| experiences | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| adventures | x/x  | Noun  | 
| incidents | /xx  | Noun  | 
| situations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| meet with | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| approaches | x/x  | Noun  | 
| incidences | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| battles | /x  | Noun  | 
| confronts | x/  | Verb  | 
| interacts | xx/  | Noun  | 
| collisions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| visits | /x  | Noun  | 
| instances | /xx  | Noun  | 
| enemies | /xx  | Noun  | 
| engaging | x/x  | Verb  | 
| descriptions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| intersects | xx/  | Verb  | 
| engage with | x//  | Phrase  | 
| conversations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| intersections | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| engage in | x/x  | Phrase  | 
| occurs | x/  | Verb  | 
| attacks | x/  | Noun  | 
| combats | x/  | Noun  | 
| events | x/  | Noun  | 
| assaults | x/  | Noun  | 
| ambushes | /xx  | Noun  | 
| intercepts | xx/  | Noun  | 
| entities | /xx  | Noun  | 
| happenings | /xx  | Noun  | 
| episodes | /xx  | Noun  | 
| matches | /x  | Noun  | 
| contacts | /x  | Noun  | 
| spawns | /  | Noun  | 
| experiential | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| creatures | /x  | Noun  | 
| captures | /x  | Noun  | 
| missions | /x  | Noun  | 
| interviews | /xx  | Noun  | 
| invasions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| sighting | /x  | Noun  | 
| rendezvous | /xx  | Noun  | 
| challenges | /xx  | Noun  | 
| explorations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| interlocutors | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| references | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| presences | /xx  | Noun  | 
| dialogues | /xx  | Noun  | 
| monsters | /x  | Noun  | 
| responses | x/x  | Noun  | 
| exchanges | x/x  | Noun  | 
| engagements | x/x  | Noun  | 
| crossings | /x  | Noun  | 
| locations | x/x  | Noun  | 
| involvements | x/x  | Noun  | 
| existences | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| attractions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| scenarios | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| agonistic | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| worsted | /x  | Verb  | 
| intercultural | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| serendipitous | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| bruising | /x  | Verb  | 
| domesticity | xx/xx  | Noun  | 
| strangers | /x  | Noun  | 
| mesoamerica | xxx/xx  | Name  | 
| intergroup | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| juveniles | /xx  | Noun  | 
| interreligious | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| amorous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| bears | /  | Noun  | 
| bloodiest | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| sanguinary | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| dialogical | /x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| interethnic | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| europeans | xx/x  | Name  | 
| casual | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| semiotics | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| otherness | /xx  | Noun  | 
| intraspecific | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| fortuitous | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| furtive | /x  | Adjective  | 
| dialogic | /x/x  | Adjective  | 
| dyadic | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| prostitutes | /xx  | Noun  | 
| aliens | /xx  | Noun  | 
| sharks | /  | Noun  | 
| interfaith | xx/  | Adjective  | 
| ritualized | /xxx  | Adjective  | 
| sexual | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| coital | /x  | Adjective  | 
| fleeting | /x  | Adjective  | 
| homoerotic | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| coincidental | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| interspecific | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| extramarital | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| stressful | /x  | Adjective  | 
| indecisive | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| frontiers | x/  | Noun  | 
| fake | /  | Adjective  | 
| extraterrestrial | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| jupiter | /xx  | Name  | 
| unplanned | x/  | Adjective  | 
| intertextual | /x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| with | /  | Verb  | 
| heterosexual | xxx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| scars | /  | Noun  | 
| expeditions | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| brief | /  | Noun  | 
| predators | /xx  | Noun  | 
| police | x/  | Noun  | 
| interpersonal | xx/xx  | Adjective  | 
| ghosts | /  | Noun  | 
| erotic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| civilizations | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| ghostly | /x  | Adjective  | 
| interracial | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| anecdotes | /xx  | Noun  | 
| paranormal | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| conflicts | x/  | Noun  | 
| punctuated | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| unpleasant | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| intersubjective | xxx/x  | Adjective  | 
| frustrating | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| aggressive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| romanticism | x/xxx  | Noun  | 
| demons | /x  | Noun  | 
| series | /x  | Noun  | 
| promiscuous | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| snakes | /  | Noun  | 
| whales | /  | Noun  | 
| memories | /xx  | Noun  | 
| staged | /  | Verb  | 
| giants | /x  | Noun  | 
| infrequent | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| tales | /  | Noun  | 
| accidental | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| wildlife | /x  | Noun  | 
| indians | /xx  | Name  | 
| redemptive | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| recollections | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| natives | /x  | Noun  | 
| friendships | /x  | Noun  | 
| lenin | /x  | Name  | 
| repeated | x/x  | Verb  | 
| accommodating | x/xxx  | Verb  | 
| violent | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| acquaintances | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| acquisitions | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| collides | x/  | Verb, Noun  | 
| consultations | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| contests | /x  | Noun  | 
| detects | x/  | Verb  | 
| discovers | x/x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| discussions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| epiphanies | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| faces | /x  | Noun  | 
| failures | /x  | Noun  | 
| fights | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| findings | /x  | Noun  | 
| fixtures | /x  | Noun  | 
| forums | /x  | Noun  | 
| gatherings | /xx  | Noun  | 
| hearings | /x  | Noun  | 
| hostilities | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| interchanges | /xxx  | Noun  | 
| interventions | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| liaisons | x/x  | Noun  | 
| occasions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| overturns | /xx  | Verb, Noun  | 
| reverses | x/x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| seminars | /xx  | Noun  | 
| senses | /x  | Noun  | 
| sessions | /x  | Noun  | 
| shocks | /  | Noun  | 
| suffers | /x  | Verb, Noun  | 
| talks | /  | Noun  | 
| tangles | /x  | Noun  | 
| times | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| transgressions | x/x  | Noun  | 
| traumas | /x  | Noun  | 
| venues | /x  | Noun  | 
