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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| figuratively | x/xxx | Adverb, Adverb |
| metaphorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| allegorically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| mixed metaphor | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun |
| double meaning | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| terminology | xx/xx | Noun |
| poetic license | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| proverbial | x/xx | Adjective |
| contextualization | x/xxx/x | Noun |
| grammatical | x/xx | Adjective |
| imagery | /xx | Noun |
| semantically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| lyricism | /xxx | Noun |
| double entendre | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| intertextuality | /x/x/xx | Noun |
| analogical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| symbolical | x/xx | Adjective |
| analogies | x/xx | Noun |
| syntactical | //xx | Adjective |
| metalanguage | /x/x | Noun |
| syntactically | //xxx | Adverb |
| symbolization | /xx/x | Noun |
| semantical | x/xx | Adjective |
| verbalization | /xx/x | Noun |
| literary | /xxx | Noun |
| contextually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| abbreviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| alphabet | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| arabic | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| aromatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| authored | /x | Adjective |
| availability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| bilingual | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| bilingualism | x/xxx | Noun |
| braille | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| celebrity | x/xx | Noun |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| charm | / | Noun, Verb |
| chart | / | Noun, Verb |
| chinese | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| colloquial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| combustible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| connotative | xx/x | Adjective |
| conversation | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| dictation | x/x | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| disorder | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| drafting | /x | Noun |
| editor | /xx | Noun |
| editorial | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| education | xx/x | Noun |
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| empirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| extended | x/x | Adjective |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fame | / | Noun, Verb |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| figural | x/x | Adjective |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| formulae | /xx | Noun |
| formulating | /xxx | Verb |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| francophone | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| french | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| frisian | /x | Name, Adjective |
| gaelic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| german | /x | Adjective, Name |
| grammar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| graph | / | Noun, Verb |
| graphic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| graphical | /xx | Adjective |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| highbrow | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| indexical | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| indian | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| instruction | x/x | Noun |
| italian | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| keel | / | Noun, Verb |
| languages | /xx | Noun |
| langue | / | Noun |
| learners | /x | Noun |
| learning | /x | Noun |
| lengua | /x | Noun |
| letter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lexicon | /xx | Noun |
| lexis | /x | Name |
| lingo | /x | Noun |
| lingua | /x | Noun |
| literacy | /xxx | Noun |
| literal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| locale | x/ | Noun |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| lyric | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| marathi | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| medium | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| minority | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| moi | / | Name |
| monolingual | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| mother | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| multilingual | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| natural language | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| nomenclature | /xxx | Noun |
| nonfiction | x/x | Noun |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| online | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| onslaught | /x | Noun |
| oriya | x/x | Name |
| orthodox | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| outpouring | x/x | Noun |
| parlance | /x | Noun |
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| penal | /x | Adjective |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pertaining | x/x | Noun |
| philology | x/xx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| positive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| prosody | /xx | Noun |
| radioactive | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| redaction | x/x | Noun |
| reduplication | x/x/x | Noun |
| relating | x/x | Noun |
| representational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| representative | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| sentence | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sign language | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| signing | /x | Noun |
| soliloquy | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| spanish | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| speak | / | Verb, Noun |
| specific | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| speech | / | Noun, Verb |
| spell | / | Noun, Verb |
| string | / | Noun, Verb |
| style | / | Noun, Verb |
| surname | /x | Noun, Verb |
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective |
| syntax | /x | Noun |
| synthetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| talk | / | Verb, Noun |
| teaching | /x | Noun |
| term | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| text | / | Noun, Verb |
| this | / | Adverb, Noun |
| tone | / | Noun, Verb |
| tongue | / | Noun, Verb |
| translation | x/x | Noun |
| tropes | x | Noun |
