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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hopeful | /x | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| big | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pregnant | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| gravid | xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| with child | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| eager | /x | Adjective |
| anticipatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| prospective | x/x | Adjective |
| anticipation | xxx/x | Noun |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| exultant | x/x | Adjective |
| watchful | /x | Adjective |
| impatient | x/x | Adjective |
| bewildered | x/x | Verb |
| adoring | x/x | Noun |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| rapt | / | Adjective |
| appreciative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bemused | x/ | Adjective |
| jubilant | /xx | Adjective |
| enthusiastic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| contented | x/x | Adjective |
| apprehensive | xx/x | Adjective |
| excited | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| doting | /x | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| elated | x/x | Verb |
| excitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| mothers | /x | Noun |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| joyous | /x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| ecstatic | x/x | Adjective |
| prayerful | /x | Adjective |
| unwed | x/ | Adjective |
| antsy | /x | Adjective |
| unsmiling | x/x | Adjective |
| unsuspecting | xx/x | Adjective |
| overjoyed | xx/ | Verb |
| ardent | /x | Adjective |
| harried | /x | Adjective |
| awaited | x/x | Adjective |
| inquisitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| enraptured | x/x | Adjective |
| downcast | /x | Adjective |
| dutiful | /xx | Adjective |
| disinterested | x/xx | Adjective |
| anticipating | x/xxx | Verb |
| dejected | x/x | Adjective |
| expecting | x/x | Verb |
| infant | /x | Noun |
| guileless | /x | Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| perplexed | x/ | Adjective |
| expectancy | x/xx | Noun |
| exasperated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| gleeful | /x | Adjective |
| discontented | xx/x | Adjective |
| credulous | /xx | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| weary | /x | Adjective |
| young | / | Adjective |
| baby | /x | Noun |
| aspiring | x/x | Adjective |
| devout | x/ | Adjective |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| newborn | /x | Adjective |
| avid | /x | Adjective |
| worshipful | /xx | Noun |
| delight | x/ | Noun |
| teenaged | /x | Adjective |
| throng | / | Noun |
| nonplussed | x/ | Verb |
| promised | /x | Verb |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| auspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| impending | x/x | Adjective |
| optimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| farsighted | //x | Adjective |
| concerned | x/ | Verb |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective |
| predictable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lettered | /x | Adjective |
| present | /x | Noun |
| aspirational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| alerted | x/x | Verb |
| close | / | Adjective |
| forthcoming | //x | Adjective |
| presumed | x/ | Adjective |
| observant | x/x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| coming | /x | Verb |
| contingent | x/x | Noun |
| foreseeable | x/xx | Adjective |
| pending | /x | Verb |
| wishful | /x | Adjective |
| graduated | /xxx | Verb |
| inclusionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| destined | /x | Verb |
| poised | / | Verb |
| prime | / | Noun |
| provident | /xx | Noun |
| supposed | x/ | Verb |
| ready | /x | Adjective |
| upcoming | /xx | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| prescient | /xx | Adjective |
| intended | x/x | Verb |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| fated | /x | Adjective |
| proximate | /xx | Adjective |
| decisive | x/x | Adjective |
| instant | /x | Noun |
| ambitious | x/x | Adjective |
| observable | x/xx | Adjective |
| tagged | / | Verb |
| equitable | /xxx | Adjective |
| on guard | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| hushed | / | Verb |
| moms | / | Noun |
| fatherhood | /xx | Noun |
| gazes | /x | Noun |
| dads | / | Noun |
| waiting | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bridegroom | /x | Noun |
| hid | / | Verb |
| paused | / | Verb |
| reversion | x/x | Noun |
| grins | / | Noun |
| parenthood | /xx | Noun |
| parents | /x | Noun |
| faces | /x | Noun |
| ova | /x | Noun |
| puzzled | /x | Verb |
| heirs | / | Noun |
| stillness | /x | Noun |
| acclamations | xx/x | Noun |
| adherence | x/x | Noun |
| adieu | x/ | Noun |
| admirer | x/x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| alcibiades | /xx/ | Name |
| amour | x/ | Noun |
| anthony | /xx | Name |
| astonished | x/x | Adjective |
| astounded | x/x | Adjective |
| attentive | x/x | Adjective |
| barry | /x | Name, Adjective |
| beginning | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| bell | / | Noun, Verb |
| bellowing | /xx | Noun |
| bitterness | /xx | Noun |
| blink | / | Noun, Verb |
| boo | / | Noun, Verb |
| boyhood | /x | Noun |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective, Noun |
| distrustful | x/x | Adjective |
| embarrassed | x/x | Adjective |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| incredulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| indulgent | x/x | Adjective |
| maternal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pleased | / | Adjective |
| preoccupied | x/xx | Adjective |
| saddened | /x | Verb |
| shred | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sob | / | Noun, Verb |
| throb | / | Noun, Verb |
| uncomprehending | x/x/x | Adjective |
| worried | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
