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Word | Syllables | Categories |
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line of fire | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
firing point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
front | / | Noun |
line of march | /// | Name, Name |
gunfire | /xx | Noun |
return fire | x//x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
fire | /x | Noun |
barrage | x/ | Noun |
picket | /x | Noun |
striking distance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
firing squad | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
rallying point | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
order of battle | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
artillery | x/xx | Noun |
breakthrough | /x | Noun |
front line | // | Phrase, Noun |
firefight | /x | Noun |
target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
friendly fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
incoming | /xx | Noun |
list | / | Noun |
salvo | /x | Noun |
round | / | Noun |
battle | /x | Noun |
shooting | /x | Noun |
charge | / | Noun |
rearguard | /x | Noun |
manual | /xx | Noun |
shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
infantry | /xx | Noun |
heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
arming | /x | Noun |
fireball | /xx | Noun |
file | / | Noun |
pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
present | /x | Noun |
trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
armament | /xx | Noun |
discharge | x/ | Noun |
field day | // | Phrase, Noun |
theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
tactics | /x | Noun |
sortie | /x | Noun |
offensive | x/x | Noun |
reserve | x/ | Noun |
maneuver | x/x | Noun |
skirmish | /x | Noun |
military | /xxx | Noun |
melee | /x | Noun |
ordnance | /x | Noun |
munition | x/x | Noun |
projectile | x/x | Noun |
combat | /x | Noun |
warfare | /x | Noun |
fire brigade | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
retreat | x/ | Noun |
platoon | x/ | Noun |
deployment | x/x | Noun |
war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
battle cry | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
mark | / | Noun |
call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
shotgun | /x | Noun |
retrenchment | x/x | Noun |
issue | /x | Noun |
invitation | xx/x | Noun |
patrol | x/ | Noun |
confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
war cry | // | Phrase, Noun |
siege | / | Noun |
hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
gunshot | /x | Noun |
action | /x | Noun |
combatant | x/x | Noun |
regiment | /xx | Noun |
gunfight | /x | Noun |
drill | / | Noun |
game | / | Noun |
zone of action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
demilitarized zone | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
forces | /x | Noun |
troop | / | Noun |
turkey shoot | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
synchronization | xxx/x | Noun |
target | /x | Noun |
muster | /x | Noun |
push | / | Noun |
spearhead | /x | Noun |
forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
militia | x/x | Noun |
tasking | /x | Noun |
sally | /x | Name |
party | /x | Noun |
service | /x | Noun |
advance guard | x// | Phrase, Noun |
pullout | /x | Noun |
battalion | x/x | Noun |
brigade | x/ | Noun |
fight | / | Noun |
armed forces | //x | Name, Name |
war drum | // | Phrase, Noun |
array | x/ | Noun |
drive | / | Noun |
war footing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
axis | /x | Noun |
war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
hand grenade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
accord | x/ | Noun, Verb |
accordance | x/x | Noun |
account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
activity | x/xx | Noun |
adaptation | xx/x | Noun |
adapting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
adherence | x/x | Noun |
adjust | x/ | Verb |
adjustment | x/x | Noun |
agreed | x/ | Adjective |
agreement | x/x | Noun |
air | / | Noun, Verb |
airline | /x | Noun |
airliner | /xx | Noun |
airway | /x | Noun |
align | x/ | Verb |
alignment | x/x | Noun |
alleging | x/x | Noun |
amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
ancestry | /xx | Noun |
angling | /x | Noun |
application | xx/x | Noun |
approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
appropriateness | x/xxx | Noun |
appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
area | /xx | Noun |
argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
arrangement | x/x | Noun |
arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
ascent | x/ | Noun |
assembly line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
automated | /xxx | Adjective |
available | x/xx | Adjective |
axial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
babbitt | /x | Name, Verb |
baking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
band | / | Noun, Verb |
bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
based | / | Verb, Adjective |
baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
basis | /x | Noun |
battery | /xx | Noun |
beating | /x | Noun |
bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
biz | / | Noun |
blasting | /x | Noun |
blood | / | Noun, Verb |
bloodline | /x | Noun |
board | / | Noun, Verb |
boiler | /x | Noun |
boiling | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
bombardment | x/x | Noun |
bombing | /x | Noun |
bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
border | /x | Noun, Verb |
borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
bottom line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
boundaries | /xx | Noun |
branch | / | Noun, Verb |
branch line | // | Phrase, Noun |
breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
breed | / | Noun, Verb |
brink | / | Noun |
broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
burning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
burst | / | Verb, Noun |
business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
cable | /x | Noun, Verb |
call | / | Verb, Noun |
canal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
carriageway | /xx | Noun |
cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
casuistry | /xx | Noun |
category | /xxx | Noun |
catering | /xx | Noun |
ceasefire | //x | Noun |
ceiling | /x | Noun |
centerline | /xx | Noun |
chain | / | Noun, Verb |
chalk | / | Noun, Verb |
channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
checking | /x | Noun |
chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
chorus line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
circumscribe | xx/ | Verb |
clearance | /x | Noun |
clothes | / | Noun |
coax | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
coherence | x/x | Noun |
coherent | x/x | Adjective |
collection | x/x | Noun |
column | /x | Noun |
combustion | x/x | Noun |
comedy | /xx | Noun |
compatible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
compliance | x/x | Noun |
compliant | x/x | Adjective |
computerised | x/xx | Adjective |
computerized | x/xx | Adjective |
concert | /x | Noun, Verb |
concordance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
conduit | /xx | Noun |
conformance | x/x | Noun |
conformity | x/xx | Noun |
conga line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
congruence | /xx | Noun |
conjunction | x/x | Noun |
connect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
connection | x/x | Noun |
consensus | x/x | Noun, Verb |
consistency | x/xx | Noun |
consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
consisting | x/x | Verb |
consonance | /xx | Noun |
construct | x/ | Verb, Noun |
consumer credit | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
consuming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
continental | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
contour | /x | Noun, Verb |
contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
convergence | x/x | Noun |
conveyor | x/x | Noun |
conveyor belt | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
cord | / | Noun, Verb |
correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
correspond | xx/ | Verb |
correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
couplet | /x | Noun |
course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
craft | / | Noun, Verb |
crease | / | Noun, Verb |
credit line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
crest | / | Noun, Verb |
crib | / | Noun, Verb |
crinkle | /x | Noun, Verb |
crisscross | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
crosswalk | /x | Noun, Verb |
cue | / | Noun, Verb |
current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective |
danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
dateline | /x | Noun, Verb |
deactivation | x/x/x | Noun |
deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
decreasing | x/x | Noun |
deformation | xx/x | Noun |
delineate | x/xx | Verb |
delineation | xxx/x | Noun |