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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gallows | /x | Noun, Noun |
| black humor | //x | Name, Name |
| funny | /x | Adjective |
| guts | / | Noun |
| standing joke | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gutter | /x | Noun |
| gasser | /x | Name |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| smart aleck | /x/ | Name, Name |
| slapstick | /x | Noun |
| funny bone | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| joke | / | Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| howler | /x | Noun |
| roast | / | Noun |
| carnage | /x | Noun |
| hemp | / | Noun |
| nifty | /x | Name |
| parody | /xx | Noun |
| goof | / | Noun |
| dead meat | // | Phrase, Noun |
| inside joke | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| snapper | /x | Noun |
| funny farm | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fall guy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| maggot | /x | Noun |
| class clown | // | Phrase, Noun |
| golly | /x | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun |
| tripe | / | Noun |
| pill | / | Noun |
| gourd | / | Noun |
| goff | / | Name |
| ghoul | / | Noun |
| pickles | /x | Noun |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| gomer | /x | Name |
| gramps | / | Name |
| giraffe | x/ | Noun |
| sketch | / | Noun |
| malkin | /x | Name |
| gruel | /x | Noun |
| gish | / | Name |
| ridicule | /xx | Noun |
| cope | / | Verb |
| gump | / | Name |
| quagmire | /xx | Noun |
| adenosine | x/xx | Noun |
| affiliative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| alcohol | /xx | Noun |
| amiability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| antidiuretic | xxxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| attachment | x/x | Noun |
| baited | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| banter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| behavioral | x/xx | Adjective |
| behaviour | x/x | Noun |
| behavioural | x/xx | Adjective |
| biobehavioral | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| black bile | // | Name, Name |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bon mot | xx | Phrase, Noun |
| brothel | /x | Noun |
| burlesque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| caricature | /xxx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cartoon | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| coffin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| coordinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| corpus | /x | Noun |
| corrals | x/ | Noun |
| cranes | / | Noun |
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| deprecating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dialogic | /x/x | Adjective |
| directive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| disclosure | x/x | Noun |
| drenched | / | Adjective |
| easel | /x | Noun |
| eight | / | Noun, Adjective |
| eloquence | /xx | Noun |
| empathy | /xx | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun, Verb |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| forge | / | Verb, Noun |
| forgiveness | x/x | Noun |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| gibbet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| good humor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| goofy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gravestone | /x | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| haunted | /x | Adjective |
| humored | /x | Adjective |
| humorist | /xx | Noun |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| humour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ill humor | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| impersonation | xxx/x | Noun |
| indulge | x/ | Verb |
| irony | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| jail | / | Noun, Verb |
| jest | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| jetty | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| jubilant | /xx | Adjective |
| languid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| latrine | x/ | Noun |
| laugh | / | Noun, Verb |
| lavatory | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| mocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| natured | /x | Adjective |
| nursery | /xx | Noun |
| pinched | / | Adjective |
| place | / | Noun, Verb |
| play | / | Verb, Noun |
| podium | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| portals | /x | Verb |
| prison | /x | Noun, Verb |
| quips | / | Noun, Verb |
| repartee | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| sarcasm | /xx | Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| savor | /x | Verb, Noun |
| scaffold | /x | Noun, Verb |
| schoolhouse | /x | Noun |
| sense | / | Noun, Verb |
| sense of humor | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| sledge | / | Noun, Verb |
| sly | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb |
| smile | / | Noun, Verb |
| speech | / | Noun, Verb |
| sport | / | Noun, Verb |
| stockade | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stove | / | Noun, Verb |
| sulk | / | Noun, Verb |
| temper | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tree | / | Noun, Verb |
| wheeze | / | Noun, Verb |
| wit | / | Noun, Verb |
| wobbly | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| yak | / | Noun, Verb |
| yellow bile | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
