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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| carbon | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| natural gas | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| biofuel | xx/x | Noun | 
| petroleum | x/xx | Noun | 
| coal gas | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| fuel | /x | Noun | 
| diesel | /x | Noun | 
| petrol | /x | Noun | 
| nuclear fuel | /xx/x | Name, Name | 
| biodiesel | xx/x | Noun | 
| gasoline | /xx | Noun | 
| kerosene | /xx | Noun | 
| fuel oil | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| crude oil | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| fuelwood | /xx | Noun | 
| coal oil | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| mineral oil | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| naphtha | /x | Noun | 
| paraffin | /xx | Noun | 
| charcoal | /x | Noun | 
| bitumen | x/x | Noun | 
| liquefied petroleum gas | /xxx/xx/ | Name, Name | 
| coal tar | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| crude | / | Noun | 
| soot | / | Noun | 
| plastic | /x | Noun | 
| ethanol | /xx | Noun | 
| volatiles | /xx | Noun | 
| biogas | xxx | Noun | 
| distillate | /xx | Noun | 
| vegetable oil | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| oilseed | /x | Noun | 
| compost | /x | Noun | 
| petroleum jelly | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| bioethanol | xx/xx | Noun | 
| ether | /x | Noun | 
| canola oil | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| fume | / | Noun | 
| soil | / | Noun | 
| fertilizer | /xxx | Noun | 
| naphthalene | /xx | Noun | 
| asphalt | /x | Noun | 
| reformer | x/x | Noun | 
| manure | x/ | Noun | 
| aggravate | /xx | Verb | 
| ammonite | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| anthology | x/xx | Noun | 
| antifreeze | /xx | Noun | 
| archeology | xx/xx | Noun | 
| artefact | /xx | Noun | 
| artifact | /xx | Noun | 
| artworks | /x | Noun | 
| atf | / | Name | 
| benthic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| biomass | /xx | Noun | 
| blend | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bone | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| boost | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bunker | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| burned | / | Adjective | 
| car | / | Noun | 
| carton | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| cartridge | /x | Noun | 
| cell | / | Noun, Verb | 
| coal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| coke | / | Noun, Verb | 
| collection | x/x | Noun | 
| combustible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| combustion | x/x | Noun | 
| compressor | x/x | Noun | 
| condensate | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| consumption | x/x | Noun | 
| contribute | x/x | Verb | 
| coolant | /x | Noun | 
| diesel fuel | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| diesel oil | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| dig | / | Verb, Noun | 
| dinosaur | /xx | Noun | 
| dodo | /x | Noun | 
| drive | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dwelling | /x | Noun | 
| encourage | x/x | Verb | 
| energize | /xx | Verb | 
| energy | /xx | Noun | 
| engine | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| essence | /x | Noun | 
| ethane | /x | Noun | 
| exacerbate | x/xx | Verb | 
| example | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| excess | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| exemplars | x/x | Noun | 
| expendable | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| extant | /x | Adjective | 
| extensively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fan | / | Noun, Verb | 
| feed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| feedstock | /x | Noun | 
| filler | /x | Noun | 
| fire | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| firewood | /xx | Noun | 
| fissile | /x | Adjective | 
| fluid | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| fodder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| foment | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| food | / | Noun | 
| foodstuffs | /x | Noun | 
| foraging | /xx | Noun | 
| fossilized | /xx | Adjective | 
| fossils | /x | Adjective | 
| foster | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| gas | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| genus | /x | Noun | 
| geothermal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| heat | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hominid | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| hydrogen | /xx | Noun | 
| ignite | x/ | Verb | 
| incite | x/ | Verb | 
| inflame | x/ | Verb | 
| injection | x/x | Noun | 
| instance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lighter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lithic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| lubricant | /xx | Noun | 
| lumps | / | Noun | 
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| mineral | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| motor | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| neanderthal | x/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| nonrenewable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| nourish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| nurture | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| nutrient | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| odorless | /xx | Adjective | 
| oil | / | Noun, Verb | 
| old | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| ore | / | Noun | 
| organism | /xxx | Noun | 
| paintings | /x | Noun | 
| peat | / | Noun | 
| petrified | /xx | Adjective | 
| photovoltaic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| plasticizer | /xxx | Noun | 
| polluting | x/x | Adjective | 
| pool | / | Noun, Verb | 
| populate | /xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| portraits | /x | Adjective | 
| power | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| pressurized | /xx | Adjective | 
| propellant | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| red fire | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| refrigerant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| refuel | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| refuelling | x/x | Noun | 
| relic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| relief | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| remain | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| reservoir | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| rock | / | Noun, Verb | 
| saints | / | Noun | 
| service | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| shell | / | Noun, Verb | 
| sludge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| solid | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| solvent | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| spark | / | Noun, Verb | 
| species | /x | Noun | 
| steam | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| stimulate | /xx | Verb | 
| stir | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stoke | / | Name, Verb | 
| stone | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| stories | /x | Adverb | 
| stove | / | Noun, Verb | 
| supply | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| sustain | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| tank | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tanker | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tend | / | Verb | 
| translucent | x/x | Adjective | 
| turbine | /x | Noun | 
| undescribed | xx/ | Adjective | 
| vitiate | /xx | Verb | 
| watch | / | Verb, Noun | 
