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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| etymology | xx/xx | Noun, Noun |
| contamination | xxx/x | Noun |
| borrowing | /xx | Noun |
| neologism | x/xxx | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| english | /x | Name |
| signification | /xx/x | Noun |
| illiteracy | x/xxx | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| semantics | x/x | Noun |
| interference | xx/x | Noun |
| root | / | Noun |
| derivative | x/xx | Noun |
| lexicon | /xx | Noun |
| primitive | /xx | Adjective |
| jargon | /x | Noun |
| expletive | /xx | Noun |
| importation | xx/x | Noun |
| derivation | xx/x | Noun |
| lexeme | // | Noun |
| twist | / | Noun |
| dictionary | /xxx | Noun |
| hybrid | /x | Noun |
| equivocation | xxx/x | Noun |
| lemma | /x | Noun |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective |
| lingo | /x | Noun |
| vocabulary | x/xxx | Noun |
| phraseology | xx/xx | Noun |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| gibberish | /xx | Noun |
| internationalism | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| dictionary definition | /xxxxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| radix | /x | Noun |
| wordplay | /x | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| lexicography | xx/xx | Noun |
| descendant | x/x | Noun |
| doublet | /x | Noun |
| attraction | x/x | Noun |
| term | / | Noun |
| phonology | x/xx | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun |
| reflex | /x | Noun |
| native speaker | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| answers | /x | Noun |
| artisan | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| balinese | xx/ | Name, Adjective |
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ballroom | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bardic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bengali | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| bohemian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chaps | / | Noun |
| chinese | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| civic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conjecture | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| country and western | /x//x | Name, Name |
| country music | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| custom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| dynasty | /xx | Noun |
| emendation | /x/x | Noun |
| epic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| flamenco | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| folk music | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| folk song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| folklore | /x | Noun |
| folks | / | Noun |
| gaelic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| gens | / | Noun |
| germanic | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| grass roots | // | Phrase, Noun |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| hasidic | x/x | Adjective |
| hillbilly | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| householder | /xx | Noun |
| kinsfolk | /x | Noun |
| ladies | /x | Noun |
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| men | / | Noun |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| nationality | xx/xx | Noun |
| natives | /x | Noun |
| nomenclature | /xxx | Noun |
| nongovernmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| norse | / | Name, Adjective |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| ojibwe | x/x | Name |
| olden | /x | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| orphic | /x | Adjective, Name |
| pagan | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| parishioners | x/xx | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| polish | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| polka | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pop | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| popularity | xx/xx | Noun |
| private | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| pronunciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| provenance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| quakers | /x | Name |
| rabble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ragtag | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ragtag and bobtail | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| rendering | /xx | Noun |
| scottish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| sept | / | Name |
| shopkeepers | /xx | Noun |
| solo | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| song | / | Noun |
| spelling | /x | Noun |
| supposition | xx/x | Noun |
| tibetans | x/x | Name |
| townsfolk | /x | Noun |
| townsmen | /x | Noun |
| townspeople | /xx | Noun |
| tradition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| transliteration | xxx/x | Noun |
| tribe | / | Noun, Verb |
| villagers | /xx | Verb |
| western | /x | Adjective, Name |
| word | / | Noun, Verb |
| yeomen | /x | Noun |
| yoruba | x/x | Name |
