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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| putrid | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pussy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adjective |
| purulent | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| pus | / | Adjective, Verb |
| infected | x/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| septic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| fetid | /x | Adjective |
| seething | /x | Verb |
| rotting | /x | Verb |
| roiling | /x | Adjective |
| lingering | /xx | Adjective |
| cesspool | /x | Noun |
| stinking | /x | Noun |
| stewing | /x | Noun |
| simmering | /xx | Verb |
| riddled | /x | Verb |
| reeking | /x | Noun |
| gnawing | /x | Noun |
| raging | /x | Verb |
| languishing | /xx | Adjective |
| rancid | /x | Adjective |
| bubbling | /xx | Noun |
| ravaging | /xx | Noun |
| oozing | /x | Verb |
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| morass | x/ | Noun |
| mired | / | Verb |
| lurking | /x | Verb |
| rife | / | Adjective |
| smoldering | /xx | Noun |
| seeping | /x | Verb |
| percolating | /xxx | Verb |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun |
| muck | / | Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Verb |
| miasma | x/x | Noun |
| malodorous | x/xx | Adjective |
| rotten | /x | Adjective |
| filth | / | Noun |
| discontent | xx/ | Noun |
| erupting | x/x | Verb |
| harboring | /xx | Verb |
| cauldron | /x | Noun |
| resentments | x/x | Noun |
| bloody | /x | Adjective |
| stench | / | Noun |
| abscess | /x | Noun |
| boils | / | Noun |
| fomenting | /xx | Verb |
| burgeoning | /xx | Verb |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| afflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| mess | / | Noun |
| swirling | /x | Verb |
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun |
| gaping | /x | Verb |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| dormant | /x | Adjective |
| fermenting | x/x | Verb |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| malaise | x/ | Noun |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| disharmony | x/xx | Noun |
| niggling | /xx | Adjective |
| churning | /x | Noun |
| untended | x/x | Adjective |
| teeming | /x | Verb |
| writhing | /x | Noun |
| nastiness | /xx | Noun |
| bury | /x | Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| unearthing | x/x | Noun |
| creeping | /x | Verb |
| discord | /x | Noun |
| putrefaction | /x/x | Noun |
| chronicity | x/xx | Noun |
| ferocity | x/xx | Noun |
| thirsting | /x | Verb |
| vexation | x/x | Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| ugliness | /xx | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective, Noun |
| long | / | Adjective |
| swollen | /x | Verb |
| thorn | / | Noun |
| slums | / | Noun |
| hatreds | /x | Noun |
| deep | / | Noun |
| scab | / | Noun |
| grudge | / | Noun |
| grievance | /x | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun |
| heaps | / | Noun |
| ulcer | /x | Noun |
| ankles | /x | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| bereft | x/ | Adjective |
| bloodlines | /x | Noun |
| bruised | / | Adjective |
| conservation | xx/x | Noun |
| correlations | xx/x | Noun |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| doth | / | Verb, Noun |
| eves | / | Noun |
| exacerbated | x/xxx | Verb |
| exchange | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| feet | / | Noun |
| heredity | x/xx | Noun |
| hooves | / | Noun |
| knees | / | Noun |
| leg | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| mangled | /x | Adjective |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| smarting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| standing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| worsening | /xx | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
