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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| image | /x | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| trope | x | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| turn of phrase | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| façon de parler | xxxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| simile | /xx | Noun |
| english | /x | Name |
| understatement | /xxx | Noun |
| imagery | /xx | Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| freedom of speech | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| synecdoche | /x/ | Noun |
| wordplay | /x | Noun |
| verb | / | Noun |
| contradiction in terms | xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| word | / | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective |
| expletive | /xx | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun |
| quotation | x/x | Noun |
| equivocal | x/xx | Adjective |
| symbolic language | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| adverbial | x/xx | Noun |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| mixed metaphor | //xx | Phrase, Noun |
| twist | / | Noun |
| good word | // | Phrase, Noun |
| verbiage | /xx | Noun |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| term of art | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| metonymy | x/xx | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| term of address | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| coining | /x | Noun |
| oratory | /xxx | Noun |
| strain | / | Noun |
| parol | xx | Noun |
| equivocation | xxx/x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective |
| ellipsis | x/x | Noun |
| speech | / | Noun |
| parlance | /x | Noun |
| adjectival | /xxx | Adjective |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
| digression | x/x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| anatomy | x/xx | Noun |
| annex | /x | Noun, Verb |
| appear | x/ | Verb |
| appearance | x/x | Noun |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| are | / | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| arousal | x/x | Noun |
| articulatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| artwork | /x | Noun |
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| attic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| audition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bear claw | // | Phrase, Noun |
| behalf | x/ | Noun |
| behavioral | x/xx | Adjective |
| behavioural | x/xx | Adjective |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| bod | / | Noun |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| boss | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bounded | /x | Adjective |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| briefing | /x | Noun |
| budget | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| calculate | /xx | Verb |
| calculation | xx/x | Noun |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| capitalize | /xxx | Verb |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| charm | / | Noun, Verb |
| chart | / | Noun, Verb |
| chassis | /x | Noun |
| cipher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| clown | / | Noun, Verb |
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| colloquium | x/xx | Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| communication | xxx/x | Noun |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| compute | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| conference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| contain | x/ | Verb |
| contribution | xx/x | Noun |
| conversation | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| count on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cubist | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cue | / | Noun, Verb |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cypher | /x | Noun, Verb |
| damascene | x// | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| data | /x | Noun |
| dato | /x | Name |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decal | xx | Noun, Verb |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| declaration | xx/x | Noun |
| deduct | x/ | Verb |
| definite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| delivery | x/xx | Noun |
| denomination | xxx/x | Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| diagram | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| diatribe | /xx | Noun |
| dictation | x/x | Noun |
| differentiate | xx/xx | Verb, Noun |
| digit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| digital | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| divide | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| dummy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| easel | /x | Noun |
| editorial | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| eight | / | Noun, Adjective |
| elocution | xx/x | Noun |
| emblem | /x | Noun, Verb |
| encode | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| encrypt | x/ | Verb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| enlightenment | x/xx | Noun |
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| enunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| envision | x/x | Verb |
| epilogue | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| essay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| estimate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| exaggeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| exhibit | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| exhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| exposé | xx | Noun |
| expressing | x/x | Adjective |
| extract | /x | Verb, Noun |
| extrapolate | x/xx | Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fancy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| figural | x/x | Adjective |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| figure eight | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| figurehead | /xx | Noun |
| figurine | xx/ | Noun |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| flesh | / | Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| flowchart | /x | Noun |
| forecast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| form | / | Noun, Verb |
| format | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fraction | /x | Noun, Verb |
| frame | / | Noun, Verb |
| freshman | /x | Noun |
| gauge | / | Noun, Verb |
| genre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| geometric | xx/x | Adjective |
| gestural | /xx | Adjective |
| girl | / | Noun, Verb |
| given | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| graph | / | Noun, Verb |
| graphic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| graphical | /xx | Adjective |
| grid | / | Noun, Verb |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| group | / | Noun, Verb |
| guess | / | Verb, Noun |
| hate | / | Verb, Noun |
| hatred | /x | Noun |
| hearing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| icon | /x | Noun |
