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abductive
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
ability
x/xx
Noun
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
abutment
x/x
Noun
access
/x
Noun, Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
achievement
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
addition
x/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advancement
x/x
Noun
advantage
x/x
Noun, Verb
afield
x/
Adverb
agency
/xx
Noun
ail
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
all of
//
Phrase, Adverb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
another
x/x
Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
any
/x
Adverb
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
application
xx/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
arch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
area
/xx
Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrangement
x/x
Noun
art
/
Noun
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
asymmetrical
xx/xx
Adjective
asynchronous
//xx
Adjective
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
avenue
/xx
Noun
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
barney
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
bayonet
/xx
Noun, Verb
bearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
behavior
x/x
Noun
behaviour
x/x
Noun
being
/x
Noun
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bias
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
bidirectional
/x/xx
Adjective, Noun
bilge
/
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blessed
/
Name, Adjective
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
both
/
Noun
bout
/
Noun, Verb
bracelet
/x
Noun, Verb
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
breathing room
/x/
Phrase, Noun
breathing space
/x/
Phrase, Noun
brick
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
can
/
Verb, Noun
cap
/
Noun, Verb
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
caveat
/xx
Noun, Verb
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
changeover
/xx
Noun
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chromatic
x/x
Adjective
circuitous
x/xx
Adjective
class
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
classificatory
/xxxxx
Adjective
clearance
/x
Noun
climb
/
Verb, Noun
clue
/
Noun, Verb
combination
xx/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conduit
/xx
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continuing
x/xx
Noun
contribution
xx/x
Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
countermeasure
/xxx
Noun
courage
/x
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
courts
/
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
criterion
x/xx
Noun
crossing
/x
Noun, Adjective
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deepen
/x
Verb
degree
x/
Noun
delightful
x/x
Adjective
departure
x/x
Noun
detour
x/
Noun, Verb
development
x/xx
Noun
dint
/
Noun, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
directional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
directorate
x/xx
Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
dock
/
Noun, Verb
doing
/x
Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drawback
/x
Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
driveway
/x
Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
duct
/
Noun, Verb
duplex
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
during
/x
Noun
each
/
Adverb, Noun
echelon
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
either
/x
Adverb
elbow room
/x/
Phrase, Noun
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
environment
x/xx
Noun
era
/x
Noun
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
everybody
/xxx
Verb
everyone
/xx
Verb
everything
/xx
Verb
evolution
xx/x
Noun
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expedient
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extraction
x/x
Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
facet
/x
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
fad
/
Noun
fait
/
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fashion
/x
Noun, Verb
fate
/
Noun, Verb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
feet
/
Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
floor
/
Noun, Verb
footfall
/x
Noun
footprint
/x
Noun
footstep
/x
Noun
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
form
/
Noun, Verb
forma
/x
Verb
formality
x/xx
Noun
format
/x
Noun, Verb
formula
/xx
Noun
formulation
xx/x
Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forum
/x
Noun
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
foster
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
framework
/x
Noun
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
functioning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
gait
/
Noun, Verb
gang
/
Noun, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
gate
/
Noun, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gesture
/x
Noun, Verb
goal
/
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gradation
x/x
Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
groundwork
/x
Noun
guidance
/x
Noun
guise
/
Noun, Verb
habit
/x
Noun, Verb
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
halfway
//
Adverb, Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handling
/x
Noun
happiest
/xx
Adjective
harmony
/xx
Noun
haul
/
Verb, Noun
heading
/x
Noun
headroom
/x
Noun
headway
/x
Noun
help
/
Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
heron
/x
Noun
heuristic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highway
/x
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hop
/
Noun, Verb
horizon
x/x
Noun
how
/
Adverb, Noun
hurdle
/x
Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
idiom
/xx
Noun
image
/x
Noun, Verb
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
impediment
x/xx
Noun
implementation
xxx/x
Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
improvement
x/x
Noun
inch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
increment
/xx
Noun, Verb
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
infantry
/xx
Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
insert
x/
Verb, Noun
installment
x/x
Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
instruction
x/x
Noun
instrument
/xx
Noun, Verb
interfere
xx/
Verb
interim
/xx
Adjective, Noun
intermediary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
intervene
xx/
Verb
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
iter
xx
Noun
iterative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
jar
/
Noun, Verb
job
/
Noun, Verb
joke
/
Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
juncture
/x
Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
landmark
/x
Noun, Verb
lane
/
Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leadership
/xx
Noun
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lemma
/x
Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lid
/
Noun, Verb
lieu
/
Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
lifestyle
/x
Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
line
/
Noun, Verb
link
/
Noun, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
living space
/x/
Phrase, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
loving
/x
Adjective, Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
made
/
Noun
management
/xx
Noun
manner
/x
Noun
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
map
/
Noun, Verb
march
/
Name, Verb
marche
/
Name
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
me
/
Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
measurement
/xx
Noun
mechanism
/xxx
Noun
media
/xx
Noun, Adjective
median
/xx
Adjective, Noun
method
/x
Noun, Verb
methodological
xxx/xx
Adjective
methodology
xx/xx
Noun
mid
/
Noun, Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midst
/
Noun
midstream
/x
Noun, Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
mod
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
modality
x/xx
Noun
mode
/
Noun
model
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
modified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
modus
/x
Noun
modus vivendi
/xx/x
Name, Name
moment
/x
Noun
month
/
Noun
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
movement
/x
Noun
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
nail
/
Noun, Verb
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
never
/x
Adverb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
obstacle
/xx
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
once
/
Adverb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
open sesame
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
operation
xx/x
Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
optimised
/xx
Verb, Adjective
optimized
/xx
Verb, Noun
option
/x
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
organisation
xxx/x
Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outbound
/x
Adjective, Noun
outcome
/x
Noun
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pare
/
Verb
parking
/x
Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pas
/
Noun
paso
/x
Name
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
passport
/x
Noun, Verb
path
/
Noun, Verb
pathway
/x
Noun
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
per
/
Adjective, Noun
perception
x/x
Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
phase
/
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pipeline
/x
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plan
/
Noun, Verb
plank
/
Noun, Verb
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
platoon
x/
Noun, Verb
plea
/
Noun, Verb
podium
/xx
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
portion
/x
Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
possible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pot
/
Noun, Verb
potential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
practice
/x
Noun, Verb
preparation
xx/x
Noun
pretext
/x
Noun, Verb
primrose path
/x/
Phrase, Noun
procedure
x/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun, Verb
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
progression
x/x
Noun
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
proviso
x/x
Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quietest
/xx
Adjective
rail
/
Noun, Verb
railroad
/x
Noun, Verb
railway
/x
Noun
rate
/
Noun, Verb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recipe
/xx
Noun
reciprocal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
regularized
/xxx
Verb
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
resign
x/
Verb
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
respective
x/x
Adjective
response
x/
Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
right smart
//
Name, Name
riser
/x
Noun
road
/
Noun, Adjective
roadside
/x
Noun, Adjective
roadway
/x
Noun
role
/
Noun
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
rung
/
Noun, Adjective
sake
/
Noun
salt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
salvation
x/x
Noun, Verb
scheme
/
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
seating
/x
Noun
selfsame
//
Noun, Adjective
sens
/
Noun
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sequential
x/x
Adjective
settlement
/xx
Noun
setup
/x
Noun, Verb
shape
/
Noun, Verb
shift
/
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sidestep
/x
Verb, Noun
sidewalk
/x
Noun
sign
/
Noun, Verb
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
signature
/xx
Noun, Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplified
/xx
Adjective, Noun
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
situation
xx/x
Noun
slap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
smell
/
Noun, Verb
soil
/
Noun, Verb
soli
/x
Noun
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
solving
/x
Noun
sort
/
Noun, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
speak
/
Verb, Noun
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
stadium
/xx
Noun
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stair
/
Noun
staircase
/x
Noun, Verb
stairway
/x
Noun
standing room
/x/
Phrase, Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
status
/x
Noun
stepping stone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stone
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
straight and narrow
///x
Phrase, Noun
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
strategy
/xx
Noun
street
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
strengthen
/x
Verb
stride
/
Noun, Verb
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
structure
/x
Noun, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
swing
/
Noun, Verb
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
synthesis
/xx
Noun
system
/x
Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
tape
/
Noun, Verb
task
/
Noun, Verb
technique
x/
Noun
tee
/
Noun, Verb
tendency
/xx
Noun
terms
/
Noun
terrain
x/
Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
thereby
//
Adverb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
thoroughfare
/xx
Noun
those
/
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
throughout
x/
Adverb
thus
/
Adverb, Noun
tier
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
titre
/x
Noun, Verb
toda
/x
Noun
token
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tone
/
Noun, Verb
tool
/
Noun, Verb
touch
/
Noun, Verb
tout
/
Verb, Noun
track
/
Noun, Verb
tract
/
Noun, Verb
trail
/
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
trajectory
x/xx
Noun
trample
/x
Verb, Noun
transatlantic
xx/x
Adjective
transit
/x
Noun, Verb
transition
x/x
Noun, Verb
travel
/x
Noun, Verb
tread
/
Verb, Noun
treatment
/x
Noun
trend
/
Noun, Verb
triadic
/xx
Adjective
tribune
/x
Name
trigger
/x
Noun, Verb
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
triple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twice
/
Adverb
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
undercover
xx/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
underway
xx/
Adverb, Noun
unidirectional
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
use
/
Noun, Verb
usher
/x
Noun, Verb
vanguard
/x
Noun
vanity fair
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
vehicle
/xx
Noun, Verb
vein
/
Noun, Verb
verge
/
Noun, Verb
via
/x
Noun
view
/
Noun, Verb
vis
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
vogue
/
Noun, Verb
voice
/
Noun, Verb
wake
/
Verb, Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wav
/
Noun
wave
/
Noun, Verb
way of life
///
Phrase, Noun
ways
/
Noun
wayside
/x
Noun, Adjective
well
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
will
/
Verb, Noun
wings
/
Noun
wise
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
wonderful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
wording
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb