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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| culture hero | xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun |
| hero worship | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| heroics | x/x | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| giant | /x | Noun |
| mythos | /x | Noun |
| godhead | /x | Noun |
| fairy | /x | Noun |
| mighty | /x | Adjective |
| barbarian | x/xx | Noun |
| green man | // | Phrase, Noun |
| talisman | /xx | Noun |
| urban myth | /xx | Name, Name |
| avatar | /xx | Noun |
| colossus | x/x | Noun |
| lion | /x | Noun |
| epic | /x | Noun |
| mage | x | Noun |
| idol | /x | Noun |
| genius | /x | Noun |
| trickster | /x | Noun |
| apotheosis | xxx/x | Noun |
| thunderbolt | /xx | Noun |
| genie | /x | Noun |
| mythology | x/xx | Noun |
| bard | / | Noun |
| image | /x | Noun |
| deity | /xx | Noun |
| grail | / | Noun |
| good people | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| pixie | /x | Noun |
| phoenix | /x | Name |
| messiah | x/x | Noun |
| sprite | / | Noun |
| marvel | /x | Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun |
| epithet | /xx | Noun |
| ogre | /x | Noun |
| monarch | /x | Noun |
| virtue | /x | Noun |
| immortal | x/x | Adjective |
| titan | /x | Name |
| gnome | / | Noun |
| tutelary | /xxx | Noun |
| angel | /x | Noun |
| dwarf | / | Noun |
| panther | /x | Noun |
| pantheon | /xx | Noun |
| sylvan | /x | Noun |
| fane | / | Noun |
| monster | /x | Noun |
| werewolf | /x | Noun |
| archetype | /xx | Noun |
| sphinx | / | Noun |
| supreme being | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| prodigy | /xx | Noun |
| demon | /x | Noun |
| festival | /xx | Noun |
| acclaimed | x/ | Adjective |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| apostle | x/x | Noun |
| armin | /x | Name |
| arminius | /xxx | Name |
| artisan | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| avoidance | x/x | Noun |
| balinese | xx/ | Name, Adjective |
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ballroom | /x | Noun, Verb |
| batman | /x | Name, Verb |
| bengali | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| bohemian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bomber | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| brave | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| canaanite | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| cape | / | Noun, Verb |
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cavalry | /xx | Noun |
| celebrities | x/xx | Noun |
| champ | / | Noun, Verb |
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chaps | / | Noun |
| char | / | Noun, Verb |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chevalier | xx/ | Noun |
| chief | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chimney | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chinese | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| civic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| country and western | /x//x | Name, Name |
| country music | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| cuban | /x | Adjective, Name |
| custom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| devil | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dynasty | /xx | Noun |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| famous | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| fetish | /x | Noun |
| fighter | /x | Noun |
| fireplace | /xx | Noun |
| flamenco | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| folk music | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| folk song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| folklore | /x | Noun |
| folks | / | Noun |
| gaelic | /x | Name, Adjective |
| gear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gens | / | Noun |
| germanic | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| glory | /x | Noun, Verb |
| god | / | Name, Verb |
| goddess | /x | Noun |
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| grass roots | // | Phrase, Noun |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| grinder | /x | Noun |
| hasidic | x/x | Adjective |
| heathen | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hermann | /x | Name |
| heroin | /xx | Noun |
| heroine | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| heroism | /xxx | Noun |
| hillbilly | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| horse | / | Noun, Verb |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| householder | /xx | Noun |
| israelite | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| junk | / | Noun, Verb |
| kinsfolk | /x | Noun |
| knight | / | Noun, Verb |
| ladies | /x | Noun |
| legendary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| liberators | /xxx | Noun |
| lifesaver | /xx | Noun |
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| mantelpiece | x/x | Noun |
| martyr | /x | Noun, Verb |
| movie | /x | Noun |
| name | / | Noun, Verb |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| nationalities | xx/xx | Noun |
| natives | /x | Noun |
| nongovernmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| norse | / | Name, Adjective |
| ojibwe | x/x | Name |
| olden | /x | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| orphic | /x | Adjective, Name |
| pagan | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| paladin | /xx | Noun |
| parishioners | x/xx | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pertussis | x/x | Noun |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| polish | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| polka | /x | Noun, Verb |
| poor boy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| pop | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| popularity | xx/xx | Noun |
| private | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| quakers | /x | Name |
| rabble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ragtag | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ragtag and bobtail | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| rescuer | /xx | Noun |
| saint | / | Noun, Verb |
| sandpiper | /xx | Noun |
| sandwich | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| savior | /x | Noun |
| scottish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| sept | / | Name |
| serpent | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shepherd | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shopkeepers | /xx | Noun |
| singer | /x | Noun |
| smack | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| soldier | /x | Noun, Verb |
| solo | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| song | / | Noun |
| stack | / | Noun, Verb |
| star | / | Noun, Verb |
| strong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sub | / | Noun, Verb |
| submarine | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| sufi | /x | Name |
| super | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| superhero | xx/x | Noun |
| superman | /xx | Noun |
| superpower | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| tibetans | x/x | Name |
| tongan | /x | Name, Adjective |
| torpedo | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| townsfolk | /x | Noun |
| townsmen | /x | Noun |
| townspeople | /xx | Noun |
| tradition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| tribe | / | Noun, Verb |
| villagers | /xx | Verb |
| villain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| warrior | /xx | Noun |
| wedge | / | Noun, Verb |
| western | /x | Adjective, Name |
| white | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| winner | /x | Noun |
| yeomen | /x | Noun |
| yoruba | x/x | Name |
| zero | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
